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 case singular nominative cogal vocative a chogail genitive cogail dative cogal forms with the definite article case 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.

Further reading

• “cogal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cocal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cogal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 158
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cogal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN