péacóg

Irish

péacóg

Etymology

Borrowed from English peacock, modified to contain the suffix -óg.

Pronunciation

(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈpʲeːkoːɡ/

Noun

péacóg f (genitive singular péacóige, nominative plural péacóga)

peacock, peafowl (bird)
peacock butterfly
(figurative) showily-dressed girl; dandified, vain, man

Declension

Declension of péacóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	péacóg	péacóga
Vocative	a phéacóg	a phéacóga
Genitive	péacóige	péacóg
Dative	péacóg	péacóga

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an phéacóg	na péacóga
Genitive	na péacóige	na bpéacóg
Dative	leis an bpéacóg don phéacóg	leis na péacóga

Derived terms

cearc phéacóige (“pea-hen”)
coileach péacóige (“peacock”)
péacógach (“showily dressed; dandified, vain”, adjective)
sicín péacóige (“pea-chick”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
péacóg	phéacóg	bpéacóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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

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