géaróg

Irish

Etymology

From géar (“sour”) +‎ -óg.

Noun

géaróg f (genitive singular géaróige, nominative plural géaróga)

1. pang (paroxysm of extreme physical pain or anguish)

   géaróg ocrais ― hunger pang

Declension

Declension of géaróg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative géaróg géaróga Vocative a ghéaróg a ghéaróga Genitive géaróige géaróg Dative géaróg géaróig (archaic, dialectal) géaróga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghéaróg na géaróga Genitive na géaróige na ngéaróg Dative leis an ngéaróg leis an ngéaróig (archaic, dialectal) don ghéaróg don ghéaróig (archaic, dialectal) leis na géaróga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
géaróg	ghéaróg	ngéaróg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “géaróg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “géaróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “géaróg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024