Cugasach

Irish

Etymology

From Cugas (“Caucasus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cugasach (genitive singular masculine Cugasaigh, genitive singular feminine Cugasaí, plural Cugasacha, not comparable)

1. Caucasian

Declension

Declension of Cugasach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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”)

Noun

Cugasach m (genitive singular Cugasaigh, nominative plural Cugasaigh)

1. Caucasian

Declension

Declension of Cugasach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Cugasach Cugasaigh Vocative a Chugasaigh a Chugasacha Genitive Cugasaigh Cugasach Dative Cugasach Cugasaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Cugasach na Cugasaigh Genitive an Chugasaigh na gCugasach Dative leis an gCugasach don Chugasach leis na Cugasaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cugasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Cugasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024