ordóg
See also: ördög
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Old Irish ordu (“thumb, big toe”) + -óg.
Pronunciation
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Noun
ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)
- (anatomy) thumb; big toe
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:
- tā ə h-aurdōg bŕišcə.
- conventional orthography: Tá a hordóg briste.
- Her thumb is broken.
- conventional orthography: Tá a hordóg briste.
- tā ə h-aurdōg bŕišcə.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:
- tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.
- conventional orthography: Tá alt a hordóige leonta.
- Her thumb joint is sprained.
- conventional orthography: Tá alt a hordóige leonta.
- tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.
- claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
- bit, piece, fragment
Declension
Declension of ordóg
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Synonyms
- (big toe): ordóg coise
Derived terms
- bís ordóige f (“thumb-screw”)
- ionga ordóige f (“thumbnail”)
- súgán ordóige m (“thumb-rope”)
- tacóid ordóige f (“drawing-pin”)
- treoir ordóige f (“thumb-index”)
Related terms
- méar f or m (“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
ordóg | n-ordóg | hordóg | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ordóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ordóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN