Cugas

Irish

Alternative forms

• Cúcas, Cúcais, Cúcaist, Cúgais, Cúgaist

Etymology

From Middle Irish Cucas, from Latin Caucasus, from Ancient Greek Καύκασος (Kaúkasos), probably from Iranian.

Proper noun

Cugas m (genitive Cugais)

1. Caucasus (a mountain range on the border of Europe and Asia)
2. Caucasus (a geopolitical region covering Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and parts of Russia)

Derived terms

• Cugasach

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cugas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cugas	Chugas	gCugas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.