cogadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cocad (war, conflict; act of waging war). By surface analysis, cog + -adh, but historically the verb is a back-formation from the noun.

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. war, warfare
    Ní buan cogadh na gcarad.
    A quarrel between friends is soon healed. (proverb)
  2. verbal noun of cog
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəɡ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɡu/

Verb

cogadh

  1. past indicative autonomous of cog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

cogadh

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cogadh chogadh gcogadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰokəɣ/

Noun

cogadh m (genitive singular cogaidh, plural cogaidhean)

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cogadhchogadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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