cluasóg

Irish

Etymology

From cluas (“ear; corner, margin”) +‎ -óg.

Noun

cluasóg f (genitive singular cluasóige, nominative plural cluasóga)

1. corner (as of field); grassy patch
2. lug
3. Alternative form of cluaisín

Declension

Declension of cluasóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cluasóg cluasóga Vocative a chluasóg a chluasóga Genitive cluasóige cluasóg Dative cluasóg cluasóig (archaic, dialectal) cluasóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chluasóg na cluasóga Genitive na cluasóige na gcluasóg Dative leis an gcluasóg leis an gcluasóig (archaic, dialectal) don chluasóg don chluasóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na cluasóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cluasóg	chluasóg	gcluasóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cluasóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cluasóg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cluasóg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024