cogain

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cangail (Cois Fharraige) === Etymology === From Middle Irish cocnaid, from Old Irish con·cná, 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 === (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔɡənʲ/ (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɡənʲ/ (as if spelled cagain) === Verb === cogain (present analytic cognaíonn, future analytic cognóidh, verbal noun cogaint, past participle coganta) to chew ==== Conjugation ==== Alternative verbal nouns: cognadh, cognamh ==== Derived terms ==== athchogain guma coganta === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cognaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cogain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN “cogain”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026 de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cogain”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm