cógas

See also: cogas

Irish

Alternative forms

• cógais f, comhgais f, cóngais f
• comhgas, cóngas
• cómhgas, comhgus, cómhgus, cómhgus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish comcaisiu (“examination”), verbal noun of con·aicci (“to examine”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũːɡəʃ/ (corresponding to the form cóngais); /ˈkũːɡəs/ (corresponding to the form cóngas)

Noun

cógas m (genitive singular cógais, nominative plural cógais)

1. medication
2. medicine

   Synonyms: cógas leighis, leigheas

3. pharmaceutical

   Synonyms: cógaisíocht, earra cógaisíochta

Declension

Declension of cógas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cógas cógais vocative a chógais a chógasa genitive cógais cógas dative cógas cógais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cógas na cógais genitive an chógais na gcógas dative leis an gcógas don chógas leis na cógais

Derived terms

• cófra cógas (“medicine cabinet”)
• cógaiseoir (“pharmacist”)
• cógaisíocht (“pharmacy; pharmaceutics”)
• cógas casachta (“cough mixture”)
• cógas frithdhúlagair (“antidepressant”)
• cógas frithmhaláireach (“antimalarial”)
• cógas paitinne (“patent medicine”)
• cógaseolaí (“pharmacologist”)
• cógaseolaíoch (“pharmaceutical”, adjective)
• cógaseolaíocht (“pharmacology”)
• cógaslann (“pharmacy”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of cógas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cógas	chógas	gcógas

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóngas, cógas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cógas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cógas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cógas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024