Cugasach

Irish

Etymology

From Cugas (“Caucasus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cugasach (genitive singular masculine Cugasaigh, genitive singular feminine Cugasaí, plural Cugasacha, not comparable)

  1. Caucasian

Declension

Declension of Cugasach
Positive singular plural
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

Cugasach m (genitive singular Cugasaigh, nominative plural Cugasaigh)

  1. Caucasian

Declension

Declension of Cugasach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Cugasach Cugasaigh
vocative a Chugasaigh a Chugasacha
genitive Cugasaigh Cugasach
dative Cugasach Cugasaigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Cugasach na Cugasaigh
genitive an Chugasaigh na gCugasach
dative leis an gCugasach
don Chugasach 		leis na Cugasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cugasach
radical lenition eclipsis
Cugasach Chugasach gCugasach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cugasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “Cugasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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