piteog

Irish

Etymology

From pit (“vulva”) +‎ -óg.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): [pʲɪˈtʲoːɡ]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈpʲɪtʲoːɡ]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈpʲɪtʲɔɡ], [ˈpʲɪtʲaɡ]

Noun

piteog f (genitive singular piteoige, nominative plural piteoga)

  1. (derogatory) effeminate man, sissy
    Is piteog é.
    He is a sissy./He is “girly”.

Declension
Declension of piteog

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative piteog piteoga
Vocative a phiteog a phiteoga
Genitive piteoige piteog
Dative piteog
piteoig (archaic, dialectal)		 piteoga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an phiteog na piteoga
Genitive na piteoige na bpiteog
Dative leis an bpiteog
leis an bpiteoig (archaic, dialectal)

don phiteog
don phiteoig (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na piteoga

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • piteogach (“effeminate”)
  • piteogacht f (“effeminacy”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
piteog phiteog bpiteog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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