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cogar

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cocur (consultation, secret discussion, whisper),[1] from Proto-Celtic *konkoros, from *kom- + *koros (hence Welsh cyngor (advice, counsel, discretion)).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cogar m (genitive singular cogair, nominative plural cogair)

  1. whisper (quiet talk)

Declension

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Declension of cogar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cogar cogair
vocative a chogair a chogara
genitive cogair cogar
dative cogar cogair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cogar na cogair
genitive an chogair na gcogar
dative leis an gcogar
don chogar
leis na cogair

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cogar
radical lenition eclipsis
cogar chogar gcogar

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

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
  3. ^ cogar”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 425, page 137

Further reading

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Latin

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Verb

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cōgar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of cōgō