póg

See also: pog, POG, and pòg

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish póc,^[1] from Latin (dare) pācem (“to give peace”) (originally a kiss as a sign of peace during a mass), via Brythonic.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /pˠoːɡ/^[2]^[3]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /pˠɔːɡ/^[4]

Noun

póg f (genitive singular póige, nominative plural póga)

kiss

Declension

Declension of póg (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	póg	póga
vocative	a phóg	a phóga
genitive	póige	póg
dative	póg póig (archaic, dialectal)	póga

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an phóg	na póga
genitive	na póige	na bpóg
dative	leis an bpóg leis an bpóig (archaic, dialectal) don phóg don phóig (archaic, dialectal)	leis na póga

Verb

póg (present analytic pógann, future analytic pógfaidh, verbal noun pógadh, past participle pógtha)

(ambitransitive) kiss

Conjugation

Conjugation of *póg* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	pógaim	pógann tú; pógair^†	pógann sé, sí	pógaimid; pógann muid	pógann sibh	pógann siad; pógaid^†	a phógann; a phógas	pógtar
past	phóg mé; phógas	phóg tú; phógais	phóg sé, sí	phógamar; phóg muid	phóg sibh; phógabhair	phóg siad; phógadar	a phóg	pógadh
past habitual	phógainn / pógainn^‡	phógtá / pógtá^‡	phógadh sé, sí / pógadh sé, sí^‡	phógaimis; phógadh muid / pógaimis^‡; pógadh muid^‡	phógadh sibh / pógadh sibh^‡	phógaidís; phógadh siad / pógaidís^‡; pógadh siad^‡	a phógadh	phógtaí / pógtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	pógfaidh mé; pógfad	pógfaidh tú; pógfair^†	pógfaidh sé, sí	pógfaimid; pógfaidh muid	pógfaidh sibh	pógfaidh siad; pógfaid^†	a phógfaidh; a phógfas	pógfar
conditional	phógfainn / pógfainn^‡	phógfá / pógfá^‡	phógfadh sé, sí / pógfadh sé, sí^‡	phógfaimis; phógfadh muid / pógfaimis^‡; pógfadh muid^‡	phógfadh sibh / pógfadh sibh^‡	phógfaidís; phógfadh siad / pógfaidís^‡; pógfadh siad^‡	a phógfadh	phógfaí / pógfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go bpóga mé; go bpógad^†	go bpóga tú; go bpógair^†	go bpóga sé, sí	go bpógaimid; go bpóga muid	go bpóga sibh	go bpóga siad; go bpógaid^†	—	go bpógtar
past	dá bpógainn	dá bpógtá	dá bpógadh sé, sí	dá bpógaimis; dá bpógadh muid	dá bpógadh sibh	dá bpógaidís; dá bpógadh siad	—	dá bpógtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	pógaim	póg	pógadh sé, sí	pógaimis	pógaigí; pógaidh^†	pógaidís	—	pógtar

past participle	pógtha

verbal noun	pógadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Derived terms

pógaire m (“kisser”)
póg mo thóin

Descendants

→ Yola: poage, poag, paug, paugh

Mutation

Mutated forms of *póg*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
póg	phóg	bpóg

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “póc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 14, page 10
^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 212
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 359, page 123