cogal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cogol, cogul (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English cockil, cokil, cokylle, from Old English coccel (darnel).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəl̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡəlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌɡəlˠ/

Noun

cogal m (genitive singular cogail)

  1. (collective) cockles (weeds), tares

Declension

Declension of cogal (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cogal
vocative a chogail
genitive cogail
dative cogal
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cogal
genitive an chogail
dative leis an gcogal
don chogal

Mutation

Mutated forms of cogal
radical lenition eclipsis
cogal chogal gcogal

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

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