copóg

Irish

Alternative forms

copógach f

Etymology

From Old Irish coppóc (“dock leaf”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈpˠoːɡ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠoːɡ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔpˠɔɡ/

Noun

copóg f (genitive singular copóige, nominative plural copóga)

large leaf
dock (any plant in genus Rumex)
Neantóg a dhóigh mé, copóg a leigheas mé.
A nettle burns me, a dock heals me.
large ear

Declension

Declension of copóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	copóg	copóga
Vocative	a chopóg	a chopóga
Genitive	copóige	copóg
Dative	copóg	copóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chopóg	na copóga
Genitive	na copóige	na gcopóg
Dative	leis an gcopóg don chopóg	leis na copóga

Derived terms

copóg an chroí (“auricle of heart”)
copóg bhuí (“golden dock”)
copóg chatach (“curled dock”)
copóg choille (“bloody dock”)
copóg chumtha (“fiddle dock”)
copóg shleamhain (“medicinal dock(-leaf) (Rumex crispus)”)
copóg shráide (“common dock”)
copóg thuathail (“burdock (Arctium spp.)”)
copóg uisce (“water dock (Rumex hydrolapathum)”)
corrchopóg (“water plantain”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
copóg	chopóg	gcopóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “copóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coppóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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