gabhlóg

Irish

gabhlóg

Etymology

From gabhal +‎ -óg.

Noun

gabhlóg f (genitive singular gabhlóige, nominative plural gabhlóga)

(small) fork (food utensil)
Synonym: forc
forked stick
forked implement

Declension

Declension of gabhlóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	gabhlóg	gabhlóga
Vocative	a ghabhlóg	a ghabhlóga
Genitive	gabhlóige	gabhlóg
Dative	gabhlóg	gabhlóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an ghabhlóg	na gabhlóga
Genitive	na gabhlóige	na ngabhlóg
Dative	leis an ngabhlóg don ghabhlóg	leis na gabhlóga

Derived terms

gabhlóg aitinn (“forked stick for gripping furze”)
gabhlóg bhoird (“table-fork”)
gabhlóg cheoil, thiúnála, thiúnta (“tuning-fork”)
gabhlóg crainn (“fork of tree”)
gabhlóg fir (“bow-legged man”)
gabhlóg rothair (“fork of bicycle”)
gabhlóg thósta (“toasting-fork”)
gabhlógach (“forked”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gabhlóg	ghabhlóg	ngabhlóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

See also

scian (“knife”)
spúnóg (“spoon”)

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gabhlóg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “gabhlóg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “gabhlóg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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