cogús
Irish
Alternative forms
- cogubhas (superseded)
Etymology
From Old Irish cocubus.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈɡuːsˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡuːsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɤɡusˠ/[1]
- Homophone: coguas (Ulster)
Noun
cogús m (genitive singular cogúis, nominative plural cogúis)
- conscience
- Synonym: coinsias
Declension
Declension of cogús
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- cogúsach (“conscientious”)
Related terms
- cúis (“conscience”)
Further reading
- “cogús” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “coguḃas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 159.
- "cogús" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22