coguas

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish cocúas (“concavity”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /kəˈɡuəsˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɡuəsˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɤɡusˠ/[1]
Homophone: cogús (Ulster)

Noun

coguas m (genitive singular coguais, nominative plural coguais)

soft palate, velum
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” 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), “1 cocúas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
“coguas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"coguas" 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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