ordóg

See also: ördög

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old Irish ordu (“thumb, big toe”) +‎ -óg.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈəuɾˠd̪ˠoːɡ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɔːɾˠd̪ˠaɡ/[2]

Noun

ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)

  1. 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.
      [Tá a hordóg briste.]
      Her thumb is broken.
      tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.
      [Tá alt a hordóige leonta.]
      Her thumb joint is sprained.
  2. claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
  3. bit, piece, fragment

Declension
Declension of ordóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ordóg ordóga
Vocative a ordóg a ordóga
Genitive ordóige ordóg
Dative ordóg
ordóig (archaic, dialectal)		 ordóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ordóg na hordóga
Genitive na hordóige na n-ordóg
Dative leis an ordóg
leis an ordóig (archaic, dialectal)

don ordóg
don ordóig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na hordóga

Synonyms
  • (big toe): ordóg coise

Derived terms
  • bís ordóige
  • ionga ordóige
  • súgán ordóige
  • tacóid ordóige
  • treoir ordóige
  • méar f or m (“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith 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
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ordóg”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 16

Further reading
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