ordóg

See also: ördög

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈəuɾˠd̪ˠoːɡ/

Noun

ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)

  1. (anatomy) thumb; big toe
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 12:
      tā ə h-aurdōg bŕišcə.
      conventional orthography: Tá a hordóg briste.
      Her thumb is broken.
    • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 12:
      tā alt ə h-aurdōǵ ĺūntə.
      conventional orthography: 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

Derived terms
  • bís ordóige f (“thumb-screw”)
  • ionga ordóige f (“thumbnail”)
  • súgán ordóige m (“thumb-rope”)
  • tacóid ordóige f (“drawing-pin”)
  • treoir ordóige f (“thumb-index”)
  • méar f or m (“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ordóg n-ordóg hordóg not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • “ordóg” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “órdóg” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "ordóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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