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

• camógach
• camógaíocht
• camóg ara (“temple (of the head)”)

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cammóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 112
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “camóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN