camóg

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

camóg f (genitive singular camóige, nominative plural camóga)

  1. comma (punctuation mark)
  2. crook (specialized staff used by shepherds)
    Synonyms: crúca, bachall, caimín
  3. (generally) any hooked stick
  4. curl (curving lock of hair)
    Synonyms: cuach, coirnín
  5. ripple (moving disturbance or undulation in the surface of a liquid)
    Synonym: cuilithín
  6. (fishing) gaff hook
  7. concave side of a scallop shell

Declension
Declension of camóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative camóg camóga
Vocative a chamóg a chamóga
Genitive camóige camóg
Dative camóg
camóig (archaic, dialectal)		 camóga

Forms with the definite article

Case 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

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
camóg chamóg gcamóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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