coguas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cocúas (“concavity”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡuəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡuəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɡusˠ/
• Homophone: cogús (Ulster)

Noun

coguas m (genitive singular coguais, nominative plural coguais)

1. soft palate, velum
2. cavity (oral, nasal etc.)

Declension

Declension of coguas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coguas coguais vocative a choguais a choguasa genitive coguais coguas dative coguas coguais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coguas na coguais genitive an choguais na gcoguas dative leis an gcoguas don choguas leis na coguais

Derived terms

• coguasach (“velar”)

Related terms

• cuas (“cavity, hollow”)

Further reading

• “coguas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cocúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN