cogarnach

Irish

Etymology

From cogar (“a whisper”).

Noun

cogarnach f (genitive singular cogarnaí)

  1. (act of) whispering (functions as a verbal noun)

Declension
Declension of cogarnach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative cogarnach
Vocative a chogarnach
Genitive cogarnaí
Dative cogarnach
cogarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an chogarnach
Genitive na cogarnaí
Dative leis an gcogarnach
leis an gcogarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chogarnach
don chogarnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Alternative forms

Derived terms
  • cogarnach Shíneach (“Chinese whispers”)

Noun

cogarnach m (genitive singular cogarnaigh, nominative plural cogarnaigh)

  1. whisperer
  2. (by extension) conspirator
    Synonym: comhchealgaire

Declension
Declension of cogarnach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cogarnach cogarnaigh
Vocative a chogarnaigh a chogarnacha
Genitive cogarnaigh cogarnach
Dative cogarnach cogarnaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cogarnach na cogarnaigh
Genitive an chogarnaigh na gcogarnach
Dative leis an gcogarnach

don chogarnach

 leis na cogarnaigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cogarnach chogarnach gcogarnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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