cuideog

Irish

Alternative forms

• cuiteog

Etymology

From Old Irish cuiteóc.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪtʲaɡ/ (corresponding to the form cuiteog)

Noun

cuideog f (genitive singular cuideoige, nominative plural cuideoga)

1. earthworm
2. (euphemistic) penis

Declension

Declension of cuideog

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative cuideog cuideoga Vocative a chuideog a chuideoga Genitive cuideoige cuideog Dative cuideog cuideoig (archaic, dialectal) cuideoga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an chuideog na cuideoga Genitive na cuideoige na gcuideog Dative leis an gcuideog leis an gcuideoig (archaic, dialectal) don chuideog don chuideoig (archaic, dialectal) leis na cuideoga

Synonyms

• (earthworm): agaill, anglach, péist talún
• (penis): bod

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuideog	chuideog	gcuideog
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuiteog”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cuiteóc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language