cogaint
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cogain + -t. Replaces Classical Gaelic cognamh from Old Irish cocnam, verbal noun of con·cná.[2]
Noun
[edit]cogaint f (genitive singular coganta)
- verbal noun of cogain
- act of chewing, mastication
Declension
[edit]Declension of cogaint
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Bare forms (no plural for this noun):
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cogaint | chogaint | gcogaint |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “cogaint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocnam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cogaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN