cogadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish cocad (“war, conflict; act of waging war”). Synchronically analyzable as cog +‎ -adh, but historically the verb is a back-formation from the noun.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɡu/

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
Declension of cogadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cogadh cogaí
Vocative a chogaidh a chogaí
Genitive cogaidh cogaí
Dative cogadh cogaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cogadh na cogaí
Genitive an chogaidh na gcogaí
Dative leis an gcogadh

don chogadh

 leis na cogaí
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

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 main entry.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəx/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɔɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɔɡəx/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkɔɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkɔɡuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): (before sé, sí, sibh, siad) /ˈkʌɡətʲ/, (elsewhere) /ˈkʌɡu/

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
  • “cocad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “cogadh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 158.
  • "cogadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “cogadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “cogadh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

cogadh m (genitive singular cogaidh, plural cogaidhean)

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

Derived terms

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “cocad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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