bumbóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• bumbaí m

Etymology

Latin bombum (“bumblebee”) + -óg

Noun

bumbóg f (genitive singular bumbóige, nominative plural bumbóga)

1. bumblebee
2. busybody (of girl)

Declension

Declension of bumbóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative bumbóg bumbóga Vocative a bhumbóg a bhumbóga Genitive bumbóige bumbóg Dative bumbóg bumbóig (archaic, dialectal) bumbóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an bhumbóg na bumbóga Genitive na bumbóige na mbumbóg Dative leis an mbumbóg leis an mbumbóig (archaic, dialectal) don bhumbóg don bhumbóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na bumbóga

Synonyms

• beach fhiáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bumbóg	bhumbóg	mbumbóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bumbóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN