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
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəɾˠ/, /ˈkɞɡəɾˠ/[2]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɡəɾˠ/

Noun

cogar m (genitive singular cogair, nominative plural cogair)

  1. whisper (quiet talk)

Declension
Declension of cogar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cogar cogair
Vocative a chogair a chogara
Genitive cogair cogar
Dative cogar cogair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cogar na cogair
Genitive an chogair na gcogar
Dative leis an gcogar

don chogar

 leis na cogair

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cogar chogar gcogar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20

Further reading

Latin

Verb

cōgar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of cōgō
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