gíog

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Onomatopoeic, though possibly related to the Germanic family that includes German Geige (fiddle).

Noun[edit]

gíog f (genitive singular gíge, nominative plural gíoga)

  1. a cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. (chiefly in the negative) a word, peep
    Níor labhair mé gíog.
    I never said a word.
    Níl gíog cloiste aige óna dheirfiúr.
    He hasn’t heard a peep from his sister.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

gíog (present analytic gíogann, future analytic gíogfaidh, verbal noun gíogadh, past participle gíogtha)

  1. to cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. to crow (utter a sound of joy)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gíog ghíog ngíog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ giucs”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ gíog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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