gíog

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, though possibly related to the Germanic family that includes German Geige (fiddle).

Noun

gíog f (genitive singular gíge, nominative plural gíoga)

  1. a cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. (chiefly in the negative) a word, peep
    Níor labhair mé gíog.
    I never said a word.
    Níl gíog cloiste aige óna dheirfiúr.
    He hasn’t heard a peep from his sister.

Declension

Derived terms

  • gíog ná míog

Verb

gíog (present analytic gíogann, future analytic gíogfaidh, verbal noun gíogadh, past participle gíogtha)

  1. to cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. to crow (utter a sound of joy)

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gíog ghíog ngíog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. giucs”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. gíog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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