clog

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations 2 Irish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Declension

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /klɒɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɒɡ

[edit] Etymology

Middle English: clog, a weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement

[edit] Noun

clog (plural clogs)

1. A type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel.

   Dutch people rarely wear clogs these days.

2. A blockage.

   The plumber cleared the clog from the drain.

[edit] Derived terms

• pop one's clogs

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to clog (third-person singular simple present clogs, present participle clogging, simple past and past participle clogged)

1. To block or slow passage through (often with 'up').

   Hair is clogging the drainpipe.

   The roads are clogged up with traffic.

[edit] Translations

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [kl̪ˠɔɡ]

[edit] Noun

clog m.

1. bell
2. clock

[edit] Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative clog cloig Vocative a chloig a chloga Genitive cloig clog Dative clog cloig

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an clog na cloig Genitive an chloig na gclog Dative leis an gclog don chlog leis na cloig

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
clog	chlog	gclog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.