cocubus

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- (“mutual, equal”) +‎ cubus (“conscience”) (confused with cobais, from Latin cōnfessiō), from com- (“mutual, equal”) + fius (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoɡuβus]

Noun

cocubus m

1. conscience

   Synonym: cubus

Descendants

• Irish: cogús
• Scottish Gaelic: cogais

Mutation

Mutation of cocubus

radical	lenition	nasalization
cocubus	chocubus	cocubus pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old 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), “cocubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language