Cugasach

Irish

Etymology

From Cugas (“Caucasus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cugasach (genitive singular masculine Cugasaigh, genitive singular feminine Cugasaí, plural Cugasacha, not comparable)

  1. Caucasian

Declension
Declension of Cugasach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Cugasach Chugasach Cugasacha;
Chugasacha²
Vocative Chugasaigh Cugasacha
Genitive Cugasaí Cugasacha Cugasach
Dative Cugasach;
Chugasach¹		 Chugasach;
Chugasaigh (archaic)		 Cugasacha;
Chugasacha²
Comparative níos Cugasaí
Superlative is Cugasaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

  • Sléibhte Cugais (“the Caucasus Mountains”)

Noun

Cugasach m (genitive singular Cugasaigh, nominative plural Cugasaigh)

  1. Caucasian

Declension
Declension of Cugasach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Cugasach Cugasaigh
Vocative a Chugasaigh a Chugasacha
Genitive Cugasaigh Cugasach
Dative Cugasach Cugasaigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Cugasach na Cugasaigh
Genitive an Chugasaigh na gCugasach
Dative leis an gCugasach

don Chugasach

 leis na Cugasaigh

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cugasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “Cugasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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