cocubus

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- (“mutual, equal”) +‎ cubus (“conscience”) (confused with cobais, from Latin cōnfessiō), from com- (“mutual, equal”) + fius (“knowledge”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkoɡuvus]

Noun

cocubus m

1. conscience

   Synonym: cubus

Descendants

• Irish: cogús
• Scottish Gaelic: cogais

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cocubus	chocubus	cocubus pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language