ordóg

See also: ördög

Irish

Alternative forms

• órdóg (superseded)
• ardóg

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ordóg f (genitive singular ordóige, nominative plural ordóga)

1. thumb; big toe
   • 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, 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

Derived terms

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

 

Related terms

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with 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.

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