gog

See also: Gog and gőg

Translingual

Symbol

gog

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Gogo.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Gogo terms

English

Etymology

Likely from agog; it appeared first as on gog. Attested from the 16th to 18th centuries. Compare French gogue (“sprightliness”), and Welsh gogi (“to agitate, shake”).

Noun

gog (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) Haste; ardent desire to go.
   • 1812 [1639], John Fletcher, “Wit Without Money”, in The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher‎^[1], page 65:

     Nay, you have put me into such a gog of going,
     I would not stay for all the world.

References

• “gog”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Gog, n.²”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• GGO, Ogg

Amanab

Noun

gog

1. tooth

Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)

1. cluck
2. (childish) egg

Descendants

• → English: guggy egg

Etymology 2

Noun

gog m (genitive singular goig, nominative plural goga)

1. a nod
2. syllable

Mutation

Mutated forms of gog

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gog	ghog	ngog

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “gog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“round”), cognate with English cake.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɡ

Noun

gog f

1. ball

Romanian

Etymology

From Gogu.

Noun

gog m (plural gogi)

1. a stupid boy or man

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	gog	gogul	gogi	gogii
genitive-dative	gog	gogului	gogi	gogilor
vocative	gogule		gogilor

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːɡ/

Noun

gog

1. soft mutation of cog (“cuckoo”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cog

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cog	gog	nghog	chog

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