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Meaning of -óg | Babel Free

Phrase feminine CEFR A2

Definitions

used to form diminutives of nouns, or substantive nouns out of nominal, verbal, or adjectival roots

feminine, morpheme

Equivalents

Cymraeg -cyn -ig -os
Deutsch -chen -erl -lein
English -ling
Español -illa -illo -ita -ito
Eesti -kene -lane
Suomi -lainen -nen
Français -et -ette -in -ine
Gaeilge -an -in
Galego -iño
Italiano -ella -ello -etta -etto -ina -ino
日本語
Kurdî -an -el -êt -în -ino -îş
Nederlands -je -ling -pje -tje
Polski -e
Português -inho
Română -aș -el -șor -uș -uț
Русский -ёк -ёнок -ок -онок
Svenska -is
Українська -енько -еня́ -очок

Examples

“ciar (“black”) + -óg → ciaróg (“beetle”)”
“leadhb (“strip”) + -óg → leadhbóg (“shred, tatter”)”
“milis (“sweet”) + -óg → milseog (“dessert”)”
“pit (“vulva, vagina”) + -óg → piteog (“effeminate man, sissy, queer”)”
“reoite (“frozen”) + -óg → reoiteog (“ice cream”)”
“scréach (“screech”) + -óg → scréachóg (“jay”)”
“straois (“grin, grimace”) + -óg → straoiseog (“smiley, emoticon”)”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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