calóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• alóg, cuileog

Etymology

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Noun

calóg f (genitive singular calóige, nominative plural calóga)

1. flake

Declension

Declension of calóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative calóg calóga Vocative a chalóg a chalóga Genitive calóige calóg Dative calóg calóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chalóg na calóga Genitive na calóige na gcalóg Dative leis an gcalóg don chalóg leis na calóga

Derived terms

• calóg chúir (“foam-flake”)
• calóg shneachta (“snow-flake”)
• calóga arbhair (“cornflakes”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
calóg	chalóg	gcalóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “calóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN