cogar

cogar

See also: Cogar

Irish

Etymology

    From Old Irish cocur (“consultation, secret discussion, whisper”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *konkoros, from *kom- + *koros (hence Welsh cyngor (“advice, counsel, discretion”)).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cogar m (genitive singular cogair, nominative plural cogair)

    1. whisper (quiet talk)

    Declension

    Declension of cogar (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative cogar cogair
    vocative a chogair a chogara
    genitive cogair cogar
    dative cogar cogair
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an cogar na cogair
    genitive an chogair na gcogar
    dative leis an gcogar
    don chogar     		leis na cogair

    Descendants

    • →⇒ Yola: cuggerin

    Mutation

    Mutated forms of cogar
    radical lenition eclipsis
    cogar chogar gcogar

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

    References

    1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
    2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 36, page 20
    3. ^ “cogar”, in Irish Pronunciation Database, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
    4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 425, page 137

    Further reading

    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cogar”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cogar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

    Latin

    Verb

    cōgar

    1. first-person singular future passive indicative of cōgō
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