athchogain

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish athchocnaid.[1] By surface analysis, ath- +‎ cogain.

Verb

athchogain (present analytic athchognaíonn, future analytic athchognóidh, verbal noun athchogaint, past participle athchoganta)

  1. to ruminate (chew the cud), rechew, remasticate

Conjugation

Alternative conjugation:

Derived terms

  • athchogantach

Mutation

Mutated forms of athchogain
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
athchogain n-athchogain hathchogain not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “athchocnaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “aṫċagnaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 44
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aṫċognaim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 65; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “athchogain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN