pòg

See also: pog, POG, and póg

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish póc, from Latin ōsculum pācis (“kiss of peace”), via Proto-Brythonic [Term?].

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɔːɡ̊]

Noun

pòg f (genitive singular pòige, plural pògan)

  1. kiss

Verb

pòg (past phòg, future pògaidh, verbal noun pògadh, past participle pògte)

  1. kiss
    Tha cuimhn' agam air a' chiad àm nuair a phòg sinn... ― I remember when we kissed for the first time...

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “póc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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