cógas

See also: cogas

Irish

Alternative forms

• cógais f, comhgais f, cóngais f
• comhgas, cóngas
• cómhgas, comhgus, cómhgus, cómhgus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish comcaisiu (“examination”), verbal noun of con·aicci (“to examine”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkũːɡəʃ/ (corresponding to the form cóngais); /ˈkũːɡəs/ (corresponding to the form cóngas)

Noun

cógas m (genitive singular cógais, nominative plural cógais)

1. medication
2. medicine

   Synonyms: cógas leighis, leigheas

3. pharmaceutical

   Synonyms: cógaisíocht, earra cógaisíochta

Declension

Declension of cógas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cógas cógais Vocative a chógais a chógasa Genitive cógais cógas Dative cógas cógais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cógas na cógais Genitive an chógais na gcógas Dative leis an gcógas don chógas leis na cógais

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.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóngas, cógas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• 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.