camóg

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cammóc. By surface analysis, cam +‎ -óg.

Noun

camóg f (genitive singular camóige, nominative plural camóga)

1. (typography) comma (the punctuation mark ⟨,⟩ used to indicate a set of parts of a sentence or between elements of a list)
2. comma butterfly, Polygonia spp.
3. crook (specialized staff used by shepherds)
4. (generally) any hooked stick
5. curl (curving lock of hair)
6. ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
7. (fishing) gaff hook
8. concave side of a scallop shell

Declension

Declension of camóg (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative camóg camóga vocative a chamóg a chamóga genitive camóige camóg dative camóg camóig (archaic, dialectal) camóga forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an chamóg na camóga genitive na camóige na gcamóg dative leis an gcamóg leis an gcamóig (archaic, dialectal) don chamóg don chamóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na camóga

Synonyms

• (crook): crúca, bachall, caimín
• (curl): cuach, coirnín
• (ripple): cuilithín

Derived terms

• camógach
• camógaíocht
• camóg ara (“temple (of the head)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of camóg

radical	lenition	eclipsis
camóg	chamóg	gcamóg

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 112
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN