maróg

Irish

Etymology

Middle Irish maróc. A loanword from Old Norse. Compare Old Norse mǫrr (“fat, suet”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /mˠəˈɾˠoːɡ/

Noun

maróg f (genitive singular maróige, nominative plural maróga)

1. pudding
2. paunch, spare tyre

   Synonym: blonag

3. paunchy person

Declension

Declension of maróg

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative maróg maróga Vocative a mharóg a mharóga Genitive maróige maróg Dative maróg maróga

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an mharóg na maróga Genitive na maróige na maróg Dative leis an maróg don mharóg leis na maróga

Derived terms

• maróg aráin (“bread pudding”)
• maróg bhainne (“milk pudding”)
• maróg chuiríní (“spotted dick”)
• maróg gheire (“suet pudding”)
• maróg Nollag (“Christmas pudding”)
• maróg oighir (“ice-pudding”)
• maróg óil (“beer belly”)
• maróg phise (“pease-pudding”)
• maróg ríse (“rice pudding”)
• maróg rísíní (“plum pudding”)
• maróg shamhraidh (“summer pudding”)
• maróg sheimilín (“semolina pudding”)
• marógach (“paunchy, pot-bellied”, adjective)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
maróg	mharóg	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “maróg”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “maróg”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “maróg”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024