póg

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See also: pog, POG, and pòg

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish póc,[1] from Latin (dare) pācem (to give peace) (originally a kiss as a sign of peace during a mass), via Brythonic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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póg f (genitive singular póige, nominative plural póga)

  1. kiss

Declension

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Verb

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póg (present analytic pógann, future analytic pógfaidh, verbal noun pógadh, past participle pógtha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) kiss

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Yola: poage, poag, paug, paugh

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
póg phóg bpóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “póc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123

Further reading

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