casóg

Irish

Etymology

From Middle French casaque (“cloak”), modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kəˈsˠoːɡ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkasˠoːɡ]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkasˠɔɡ], [ˈkasˠaɡ]

Noun

casóg f (genitive singular casóige, nominative plural casóga)

1. (Christianity) cassock
2. jacket, coat
3. (of crustaceans) carapace

Declension

Declension of casóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative casóg casóga Vocative a chasóg a chasóga Genitive casóige casóg Dative casóg casóig (archaic, dialectal) casóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chasóg na casóga Genitive na casóige na gcasóg Dative leis an gcasóg leis an gcasóig (archaic, dialectal) don chasóg don chasóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na casóga

Synonyms

• (jacket): seaicéad

Derived terms

• casóg eireabaill (“swallow-tail coat”)
• casóg mhór (“overcoat”)
• casóg (sagairt) (“soutane”)
• casóga dearga (“redcoats”)
• muinchille casóige (“coat-sleeve”)
• póca casóige (“coat-pocket”)
• sciortaí casóige (“coat-tails”)
• triopall casóige (“tail of coat”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
casóg	chasóg	gcasóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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