gíog

Irish

Alternative forms

gíoc, giucs (noun only)^[1]
díog, gíocs (both noun and verb)^[2]

Etymology

Onomatopoeic, though possibly related to the Germanic family that includes German Geige (“fiddle”).

Noun

gíog f (genitive singular gíge, nominative plural gíoga)

a cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
(chiefly in the negative) a word, peep
Níor labhair mé gíog.
I never said a word.

Níl gíog cloiste aige óna dheirfiúr.
He hasn’t heard a peep from his sister.

Declension

Declension of gíog (second declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	gíog	gíoga
vocative	a ghíog	a ghíoga
genitive	gíge	gíog
dative	gíog gíg (archaic, dialectal)	gíoga

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an ghíog	na gíoga
genitive	na gíge	na ngíog
dative	leis an ngíog leis an ngíg (archaic, dialectal) don ghíog don ghíg (archaic, dialectal)	leis na gíoga

Derived terms

gíog ná míog

Verb

gíog (present analytic gíogann, future analytic gíogfaidh, verbal noun gíogadh, past participle gíogtha)

to cheep, chirp, squeak, tweet
to crow (utter a sound of joy)

Conjugation

Conjugation of *gíog* (first conjugation – A)
indicative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
indicative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	gíogaim	gíogann tú; gíogair^†	gíogann sé, sí	gíogaimid; gíogann muid	gíogann sibh	gíogann siad; gíogaid^†	a ghíogann; a ghíogas	gíogtar
past	ghíog mé; ghíogas	ghíog tú; ghíogais	ghíog sé, sí	ghíogamar; ghíog muid	ghíog sibh; ghíogabhair	ghíog siad; ghíogadar	a ghíog	gíogadh
past habitual	ghíogainn / gíogainn^‡	ghíogtá / gíogtá^‡	ghíogadh sé, sí / gíogadh sé, sí^‡	ghíogaimis; ghíogadh muid / gíogaimis^‡; gíogadh muid^‡	ghíogadh sibh / gíogadh sibh^‡	ghíogaidís; ghíogadh siad / gíogaidís^‡; gíogadh siad^‡	a ghíogadh	ghíogtaí / gíogtaí^‡

	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
future	gíogfaidh mé; gíogfad	gíogfaidh tú; gíogfair^†	gíogfaidh sé, sí	gíogfaimid; gíogfaidh muid	gíogfaidh sibh	gíogfaidh siad; gíogfaid^†	a ghíogfaidh; a ghíogfas	gíogfar
conditional	ghíogfainn / gíogfainn^‡	ghíogfá / gíogfá^‡	ghíogfadh sé, sí / gíogfadh sé, sí^‡	ghíogfaimis; ghíogfadh muid / gíogfaimis^‡; gíogfadh muid^‡	ghíogfadh sibh / gíogfadh sibh^‡	ghíogfaidís; ghíogfadh siad / gíogfaidís^‡; gíogfadh siad^‡	a ghíogfadh	ghíogfaí / gíogfaí^‡

subjunctive	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
subjunctive	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
present	go ngíoga mé; go ngíogad^†	go ngíoga tú; go ngíogair^†	go ngíoga sé, sí	go ngíogaimid; go ngíoga muid	go ngíoga sibh	go ngíoga siad; go ngíogaid^†	—	go ngíogtar
past	dá ngíogainn	dá ngíogtá	dá ngíogadh sé, sí	dá ngíogaimis; dá ngíogadh muid	dá ngíogadh sibh	dá ngíogaidís; dá ngíogadh siad	—	dá ngíogtaí

imperative	singular			plural			direct relative	autonomous
imperative	first	second	third	first	second	third	direct relative	autonomous
—	gíogaim	gíog	gíogadh sé, sí	gíogaimis	gíogaigí; gíogaidh^†	gíogaidís	—	gíogtar

past participle	gíogtha

verbal noun	gíogadh

^† archaic or dialect form
^‡ dependent form

Mutation

Mutated forms of *gíog*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
gíog	ghíog	ngíog

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ “giucs”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ “gíog”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy