Gog
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg)
Proper nounEdit
Gog
- Gog of Magog, a figure mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and identified by many with Satan. (See the writings of the Apostle John in Revelation 20:8.)
- (historical) Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog's wounds, Gog's bread...
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
Gog (plural Gogs)
AnagramsEdit
WelshEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of gogleddwr (“northerner”) or Clipping of gogledd (“north”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Gog m or f (plural Gogs, not mutable)
- (colloquial) a person from North Wales
- Gog yw ei wraig e.
- His wife is a North Walian.
- Gog yw ei wraig e.
- (colloquial) North Walian dialect of the Welsh language
- Sa i'n siarad Gog.
- I don't speak North Walian Welsh.
- Sa i'n siarad Gog.
AntonymsEdit
- hwntw (“South Walian”)
MutationEdit
The word Gog is not normally mutated.
Further readingEdit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “Gog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies