cogain
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kom-knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (“to bite, gnaw”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cagainn, Manx caign and Welsh cnoi.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcogain (present analytic cognaíonn, future analytic cognóidh, verbal noun cogaint, past participle coganta)
- to chew
Conjugation
editconjugation of cogain (second conjugation)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cogain | chogain | gcogain |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·cnaí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
edit- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cognaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cogain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cogain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
Categories:
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
- Irish second-conjugation verbs
- ga:Eating