cógas
See also: cogas
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
cógas m (genitive singular cógais, nominative plural cógais)
- medication
- medicine
- Synonyms: cógas leighis, leigheas
- pharmaceutical
- Synonyms: cógaisíocht, earra cógaisíochta
Declension
Declension of cógas
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- cófra cógas (“medicine cabinet”)
- cógaiseoir (“pharmacist”)
- cógaisíocht (“pharmacy; pharmaceutics”)
- cógas casachta (“cough mixture”)
- cógaseolaíoch (“pharmaceutical”, adjective)
- cógaseolaíocht (“pharmacology”)
- cógaseolaí (“pharmacologist”)
- cógas frithdhúlagair (“antidepressant”)
- cógas frithmhaláireach (“antimalarial”)
- cógaslann (“pharmacy”)
- cógas paitinne (“patent medicine”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cógas | chógas | gcógas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cógas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cógas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cógas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.