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ordóg

ordóg

See also: ördög

Irish

Alternative forms

órdóg (superseded)

Noun

ordóg f ‎(genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)

(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.
claw, pincers (of a crustacean)
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

Terms derived from ordóg

bís ordóige f ‎(“thumb-****”)
ionga ordóige f ‎(“thumbnail”)

súgán ordóige m ‎(“thumb-rope”)
tacóid ordóige f ‎(“drawing-pin”)

treoir ordóige f ‎(“thumb-index”)

Related terms

méar f, m ‎(“digit; finger, toe; leg (of crustaceans, mollusks, etc.)”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ordóg	n-ordóg	hordóg	t-ordóg
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, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"ordóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.