ordóg

See also: ördög

Irish

FWOTD – 29 November 2024

ordóg

Alternative forms

• órdóg (superseded)
• ardóg

Etymology

From Old Irish ordu (“thumb, big toe”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈauɾˠd̪ˠoːɡ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɾˠd̪ˠaɡ/

Noun

ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)

1. thumb; big toe
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect], volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 12:

     tā ə h-aurdōg bŕišcə.

     [Tá a hordóg briste.]

     Her thumb is broken.

     tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.

     [Tá alt a hordóige leonta.]

     Her thumb joint is sprained.

2. claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
3. bit, piece, fragment

Declension

Declension of ordóg (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ordóg ordóga vocative a ordóg a ordóga genitive ordóige ordóg dative ordóg ordóig (archaic, dialectal) ordóga forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ordóg na hordóga genitive na hordóige na n-ordóg dative leis an ordóg leis an ordóig (archaic, dialectal) don ordóg don ordóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na hordóga

Synonyms

• (big toe): ordóg coise

Hypernyms

• méar (“finger, toe”)

Derived terms

• bís ordóige
• ionga ordóige
• súgán ordóige
• tacóid ordóige
• treoir ordóige

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of ordóg

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ordóg	n-ordóg	hordóg	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “órdóg”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 534
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ordóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN