bológ

Irish

Alternative forms

  • bulóg

Etymology

From Middle English bullok, from Old English bulluc, from Proto-West Germanic *bulluk; assimilated to the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation

Noun

bológ f (genitive singular bolóige, nominative plural bológa)

  1. bullock (castrated bull, ox)

Declension

Declension of bológ (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative bológ bológa
vocative a bhológ a bhológa
genitive bolóige bológ
dative bológ
bolóig (archaic, dialectal) 		bológa
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an bhológ na bológa
genitive na bolóige na mbológ
dative leis an mbológ
leis an mbolóig (archaic, dialectal)
don bhológ
don bholóig (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na bológa

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of bológ
radical lenition eclipsis
bológ bhológ mbológ

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 198

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “bológ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 109; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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