cogús

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cocubus.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cogús m (genitive singular cogúis, nominative plural cogúis)

  1. conscience
    Synonym: coinsias

Declension

Declension of cogús (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cogús cogúis
vocative a chogúis a chogúsa
genitive cogúis cogús
dative cogús cogúis
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cogús na cogúis
genitive an chogúis na gcogús
dative leis an gcogús
don chogús 		leis na cogúis

Derived terms

  • cogúsach (“conscientious”)

References

  1. ^ “cogús”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 48, page 22
  4. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925), Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 25, page 13

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