bachlóg

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish bachlóc (glossed, in Latin, monaculum), from bachall (“staff, crozier, pastoral staff”).

Noun

bachlóg f (genitive singular bachlóige, nominative plural bachlóga)

  1. (botany) bud, sprout

Declension
Declension of bachlóg

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bachlóg bachlóga
Vocative a bhachlóg a bhachlóga
Genitive bachlóige bachlóg
Dative bachlóg bachlóga

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an bhachlóg na bachlóga
Genitive na bachlóige na mbachlóg
Dative leis an mbachlóg

don bhachlóg

 leis na bachlóga

Derived terms
  • bachlóg a bheith ar do theanga (“to be indistinct of speech”)
  • bachlógach (“sprouting; indistinct”, adjective)
  • bachlóg Bhruiséile f (“Brussels sprout”)
  • taobh-bhachlóg f (“lateral bud”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bachlóg bhachlóg mbachlóg
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "bachlóg" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “bachlóc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “bachlóg” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “bachlóg” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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