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
Derived terms
- cófra cógas (“medicine cabinet”)
- cógaiseoir (“pharmacist”)
- cógaisíocht (“pharmacy; pharmaceutics”)
- cógas casachta (“cough mixture”)
- cógas frithdhúlagair (“antidepressant”)
- cógas frithmhaláireach (“antimalarial”)
- cógas paitinne (“patent medicine”)
- cógaseolaí (“pharmacologist”)
- cógaseolaíoch (“pharmaceutical”, adjective)
- cógaseolaíocht (“pharmacology”)
- cógaslann (“pharmacy”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
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
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cógas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cógas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024