Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic, though possibly related to the Germanic family that includes German Geige (fiddle).

Noun

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gíog f (genitive singular gíge, nominative plural gíoga)

  1. a cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. (chiefly in the negative) a word, peep
    Níor labhair mé gíog.
    I never said a word.
    Níl gíog cloiste aige óna dheirfiúr.
    He hasn’t heard a peep from his sister.

Declension

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Derived terms

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Verb

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gíog (present analytic gíogann, future analytic gíogfaidh, verbal noun gíogadh, past participle gíogtha)

  1. to cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
  2. to crow (utter a sound of joy)

Conjugation

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gíog ghíog ngíog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ giucs”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ gíog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

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