Cugasach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Cugas (“Caucasus”) + -ach.
Adjective
editCugasach (genitive singular masculine Cugasaigh, genitive singular feminine Cugasaí, plural Cugasacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of Cugasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
Noun
editCugasach m (genitive singular Cugasaigh, nominative plural Cugasaigh)
Declension
editDeclension of Cugasach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cugasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Cugasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024