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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kom-knāyeti (“to bite, chew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂- (“to bite, gnaw”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cagainn, Manx caign and Welsh cnoi.
Pronunciation
Verb
cogain (present analytic cognaíonn, future analytic cognóidh, verbal noun cogaint, past participle coganta)
- to chew
Conjugation
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singular
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plural
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relative
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autonomous
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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indicative
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present
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cognaím
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cognaíonn tú; cognaír†
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cognaíonn sé, sí
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cognaímid; cognaíonn muid
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cognaíonn sibh
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cognaíonn siad; cognaíd†
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a chognaíonn; a chognaíos / a gcognaíonn*
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cognaítear
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past
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chogain mé; chognaíos
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chogain tú; chognaís
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chogain sé, sí
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chognaíomar; chogain muid
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chogain sibh; chognaíobhair
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chogain siad; chognaíodar
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a chogain / ar chogain*
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cognaíodh
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past habitual
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chognaínn / gcognaínn‡‡
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chognaíteá / gcognaíteᇇ
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chognaíodh sé, sí / gcognaíodh sé, s퇇
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chognaímis; chognaíodh muid / gcognaímis‡‡; gcognaíodh muid‡‡
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chognaíodh sibh / gcognaíodh sibh‡‡
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chognaídís; chognaíodh siad / gcognaídís‡‡; gcognaíodh siad‡‡
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a chognaíodh / a gcognaíodh*
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chognaítí / gcognaít퇇
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future
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cognóidh mé; cognód; cognóchaidh mé†
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cognóidh tú; cognóir†; cognóchaidh tú†
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cognóidh sé, sí; cognóchaidh sé, sí†
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cognóimid; cognóidh muid; cognóchaimid†; cognóchaidh muid†
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cognóidh sibh; cognóchaidh sibh†
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cognóidh siad; cognóid†; cognóchaidh siad†
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a chognóidh; a chognós; a chognóchaidh†; a chognóchas† / a gcognóidh*; a gcognóchaidh*†
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cognófar; cognóchar†
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conditional
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chognóinn; chognóchainn† / gcognóinn‡‡; gcognóchainn†‡‡
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chognófá; chognóchthᆠ/ gcognófᇇ; gcognóchthᆇ‡
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chognódh sé, sí; chognóchadh sé, sí† / gcognódh sé, s퇇; gcognóchadh sé, s톇‡
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chognóimis; chognódh muid; chognóchaimis†; chognóchadh muid† / gcognóimis‡‡; gcognódh muid‡‡; gcognóchaimis†‡‡; gcognóchadh muid†‡‡
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chognódh sibh; chognóchadh sibh† / gcognódh sibh‡‡; gcognóchadh sibh†‡‡
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chognóidís; chognódh siad; chognóchadh siad† / gcognóidís‡‡; gcognódh siad‡‡; gcognóchadh siad†‡‡
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a chognódh; a chognóchadh† / a gcognódh*; a gcognóchadh*†
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chognófaí; chognóchthaí† / gcognófa퇇; gcognóchtha톇‡
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subjunctive
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present
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go gcognaí mé; go gcognaíod†
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go gcognaí tú; go gcognaír†
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go gcognaí sé, sí
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go gcognaímid; go gcognaí muid
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go gcognaí sibh
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go gcognaí siad; go gcognaíd†
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—
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go gcognaítear
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past
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dá gcognaínn
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dá gcognaíteá
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dá gcognaíodh sé, sí
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dá gcognaímis; dá gcognaíodh muid
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dá gcognaíodh sibh
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dá gcognaídís; dá gcognaíodh siad
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—
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dá gcognaítí
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imperative
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cognaím
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cogain
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cognaíodh sé, sí
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cognaímis
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cognaígí; cognaídh†
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cognaídís
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—
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cognaítear
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verbal noun
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cogaint
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past participle
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coganta
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* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Derived terms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cognaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “cogain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cogain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm