ciabhóg

Irish

Etymology

From ciabh +‎ -óg. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic ciabhag.

Noun

ciabhóg f (genitive singular ciabhóige, nominative plural ciabhóga)

1. lock, tress

Declension

Declension of ciabhóige

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ciabhóige ciabhóigea Vocative a chiabhóige a chiabhóigea Genitive ciabhóga ciabhóige Dative ciabhóige ciabhóigea

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chiabhóige na ciabhóigea Genitive na ciabhóga na gciabhóige Dative leis an gciabhóige don chiabhóige leis na ciabhóigea

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciabhóg	chiabhóg	gciabhóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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