copóg

Irish

Alternative forms

• copógach f

Etymology

From Old Irish coppóc (“dock leaf”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈpˠoːɡ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠɔɡ/

Noun

copóg f (genitive singular copóige, nominative plural copóga)

1. large leaf
2. dock (any plant in genus Rumex)

   Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.

   A nettle burns me, a dock heals me.

3. large ear

Declension

Declension of copóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative copóg copóga Vocative a chopóg a chopóga Genitive copóige copóg Dative copóg copóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chopóg na copóga Genitive na copóige na gcopóg Dative leis an gcopóg don chopóg leis na copóga

Derived terms

• copóg an chroí (“auricle of heart”)
• copóg bhuí (“golden dock”)
• copóg chatach (“curled dock”)
• copóg choille (“bloody dock”)
• copóg chumtha (“fiddle dock”)
• copóg shleamhain (“medicinal dock(-leaf) (Rumex crispus)”)
• copóg shráide (“common dock”)
• copóg thuathail (“burdock (Arctium spp.)”)
• copóg uisce (“water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum)”)
• corrchopóg (“water plantain”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
copóg	chopóg	gcopóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “copóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coppóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language