Gog

See also: gog and gőg

English

Etymology 1

From Biblical Hebrew גּוֹג (Gōg).

Proper noun

Gog

  1. Gog and Magog, a figure (or two figures) mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in Ezekiel 38 and 39, and variously identified by later writers with Satan or certain hostile nations. (See Revelation 20:8.)
  2. (obsolete) Replacement for the word God when swearing, forming vulgar minced oaths originating in the 14th century: by Gog’s wounds, Gog’s bread...

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Etymology 2

    From Welsh Gog.

    Noun

    Gog (plural Gogs)

    1. (UK, slang) Synonym of North Walian: a person from North Wales.

    Anagrams

    Welsh

    Etymology

    Clipping of gogleddwr (northerner) or clipping of gogledd (north).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ɡɔɡ/

    Noun

    Gog m or f by sense (plural Gogs, not mutable)

    1. (colloquial) a person from North Wales
      Gog yw ei wraig e.
      His wife is a North Walian.
    2. (colloquial) North Walian dialect of the Welsh language
      Sa i'n siarad Gog.
      I don't speak North Walian Welsh.

    Antonyms

    • hwntw (South Walian)

    Mutation

    The word Gog is not normally mutated.

    Further reading

    • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “Gog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies