coguas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cocúas (“concavity”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡuəsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡuəsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌɡusˠ/
• Homophone: cogús (Ulster)

Noun

coguas m (genitive singular coguais, nominative plural coguais)

1. soft palate, velum
2. cavity (oral, nasal etc.)

Declension

Declension of coguas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coguas coguais Vocative a choguais a choguasa Genitive coguais coguas Dative coguas coguais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coguas na coguais Genitive an choguais na gcoguas Dative leis an gcoguas don choguas leis na coguais

Derived terms

• coguasach (“velar”)

Related terms

• cuas (“cavity, hollow”)

Further reading

• “coguas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cocúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coguas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN