cogain
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kom-knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (“to bite, gnaw”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cagainn and Welsh cnoi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
cogain (present analytic cognaíonn, future analytic cognóidh, verbal noun cogaint, past participle coganta)
- to chew
Conjugation[edit]
conjugation of cogain (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cogain | chogain | gcogain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·cnaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cognaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cogain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cogain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
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- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
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- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
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- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
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- Irish second-conjugation verbs
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