cogús

Irish

Alternative forms

cogubhas (superseded)

Etymology

From Old Irish cocubus.

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡuːsˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡuːsˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɤɡusˠ/[1]
Homophone: coguas (Ulster)

Noun

cogús m (genitive singular cogúis, nominative plural cogúis)

conscience
Synonym: coinsias

Declension

Declension of cogús

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cogús	cogúis
Vocative	a chogúis	a chogúsa
Genitive	cogúis	cogús
Dative	cogús	cogúis

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an cogús	na cogúis
Genitive	an chogúis	na gcogús
Dative	leis an gcogús don chogús	leis na cogúis

Derived terms

cogúsach (“conscientious”)

Related terms

cúis (“conscience”)

Further reading

“cogús” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cocubus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“coguḃas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 159.
"cogús" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 22

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