cogadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cocad (“war”). By surface analysis, cog +‎ -adh, but historically the verb is a back-formation from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɞɡu(ː)/, /ˈkɔɡu(ː)/

Noun

cogadh m (genitive singular cogaidh, nominative plural cogaí or cogaíocha)

1. war, warfare

   Ní buan cogadh na gcarad. (proverb)

   A quarrel between friends is soon healed.

2. verbal noun of cog

Declension

Declension of cogadh (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative cogadh cogaí vocative a chogaidh a chogaí genitive cogaidh cogaí dative cogadh cogaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cogadh na cogaí genitive an chogaidh na gcogaí dative leis an gcogadh don chogadh leis na cogaí

• Alternative plurals: cogtha (archaic); cogaíocha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• Chéad Chogadh Domhanda (“World War I”)
• cogadh aicmeach (“class war”)
• cogadh cathartha (“civil war”)
• cogadh dearg (“battle royal, heated argument”)
• cogadh domhanda (“world war”)
• Cogadh Fuar (“Cold War”)
• Cogadh na gCarad (“Irish Civil War”)
• Cogadh na Saoirse (“Irish War of Independence”)
• cogadh saoirse (“war of independence”)
• cogadh tnáite (“war of attrition”)
• cogaíoch (“belligerent”, adjective)
• cogaíocht f (“warfare”)
• Dara Chogadh Domhanda (“World War II”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡəɡ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɞɡu(ː)/

Verb

cogadh

1. past indicative autonomous of cog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkoɡəx/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkoɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkoɡəx/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkoɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkoɡuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɞɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɞɡu(ː)/

Verb

cogadh

1. inflection of cog:
   1. analytic past subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Mutated forms of cogadh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cogadh	chogadh	gcogadh

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cogadh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cogadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cogadh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cogadh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cocad (“war, conflict; act of waging war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰokəɣ/

Noun

cogadh m (genitive singular cogaidh, plural cogaidhean)

1. verbal noun of cog
2. war, fighting, warfare

Derived terms

• Cogadh a’ Cheusair (“First World War”)
• Cogadh na Croise (“Crusade”)
• cogadh nan trainnsichean (“trench warfare”)
• cogadh-choilleach (“cock-fighting”)
• luingeas chogaidh (“warship”)
• prìosanach-chogaidh (“prisoner of war”)

Mutation

Mutation of cogadh

radical	lenition
cogadh	chogadh

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “cogadh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language