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Irish
Etymology
From cogar (“a whisper”).
Noun
cogarnach f (genitive singular cogarnaí)
- (act of) whispering (functions as a verbal noun)
Declension
Derived terms
Noun
cogarnach m (genitive singular cogarnaigh, nominative plural cogarnaigh)
- whisperer
- (by extension) conspirator
- Synonym: comhchealgaire
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cogarnach
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chogarnach
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gcogarnach
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogarnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cogarnach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cogarnach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024