Cugasach
Irish
Etymology
From Cugas (“Caucasus”) + -ach.
Adjective
Cugasach (genitive singular masculine Cugasaigh, genitive singular feminine Cugasaí, plural Cugasacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of Cugasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Cugasach | Chugasach | Cugasacha; Chugasacha² | |
Vocative | Chugasaigh | Cugasacha | ||
Genitive | Cugasaí | Cugasacha | Cugasach | |
Dative | Cugasach; Chugasach¹ |
Chugasach; Chugasaigh (archaic) |
Cugasacha; Chugasacha² | |
Comparative | níos Cugasaí | |||
Superlative | is Cugasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
- Sléibhte Cugais (“the Caucasus Mountains”)
Declension
Declension of Cugasach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Cugasach | Chugasach | gCugasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "Cugasach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “Cugasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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