ulpóg

Irish

Noun

ulpóg f (genitive singular ulpóige, nominative plural ulpóga)

  1. (Ulster) an infectious disease such as a cold, the flu, etc.

Declension

Declension of ulpóg (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ulpóg ulpóga
vocative a ulpóg a ulpóga
genitive ulpóige ulpóg
dative ulpóg
ulpóig (archaic, dialectal)
ulpóga
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ulpóg na hulpóga
genitive na hulpóige na n-ulpóg
dative leis an ulpóg
leis an ulpóig (archaic, dialectal)
don ulpóg
don ulpóig (archaic, dialectal)
leis na hulpóga

Mutation

Mutated forms of ulpóg
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ulpóg n-ulpóg hulpóg not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ulpóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 777
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ulpóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • ulpóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025