coguas
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cocúas (“concavity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
coguas m (genitive singular coguais, nominative plural coguais)
- soft palate, velum
- cavity (oral, nasal etc.)
Declension
Declension of coguas
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- coguasach (“velar”)
Related terms
- cuas (“cavity, hollow”)
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22
Further reading
- “coguas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cocúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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