cogal

Irish

Alternative forms

• cogol, cogul (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (“darnel”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡəl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡəlˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɡəlˠ/

Noun

cogal m (genitive singular cogail)

1. (collective) cockles (weeds), tares

Declension

Declension of cogal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cogal Vocative a chogail Genitive cogail Dative cogal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cogal Genitive an chogail Dative leis an gcogal don chogal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cogal	chogal	gcogal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cogal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cogal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN