snabóg

Irish

Etymology

From snab +‎ -óg.

Noun

snabóg f (genitive singular snabóige, nominative plural snabóga)

1. stub of candle
2. dip-candle

Declension

Declension of snabóg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative snabóg snabóga Vocative a shnabóg a shnabóga Genitive snabóige snabóg Dative snabóg snabóig (archaic, dialectal) snabóga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an tsnabóg na snabóga Genitive na snabóige na snabóg Dative leis an tsnabóg leis an tsnabóig (archaic, dialectal) don tsnabóg don tsnabóig (archaic, dialectal) leis na snabóga

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
snabóg	shnabóg after an, tsnabóg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “snabóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN