See also: biog

Irish edit

Etymology edit

Onomatopoeic.

Noun edit

bíog f (genitive singular bíge, nominative plural bíoga)

  1. chirp

Declension edit

Alternative forms edit

Verb edit

bíog (present analytic bíogann, future analytic bíogfaidh, verbal noun bíogadh, past participle bíogtha)

  1. (intransitive) start, jump
  2. (intransitive, of muscle) twitch

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

  • bíogach (chirpy; jumpy; twitching; startling, adjective)
  • bíogaíl f (chirping)
  • bíogaire m (sprightly person)
  • bíogúil (jumpy; lively; sprightly, adjective)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bíog bhíog mbíog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit