cógas

See also: cogas

Irish

Etymology

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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.

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