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Irish
Etymology
guma (“gum”) + coganta, genitive of cogaint, verbal noun of cogain (“to chew”).
Noun
guma coganta m (genitive singular guma choganta)
- chewing gum
Mutation
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) “guma coganta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “guma coganta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “guma coganta”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024