Corgus

Old Irish

Etymology

From Latin quadrāgēsima (“Lent”, literally “fortieth”)

Proper noun

Corgus m

(Christanity) Lent

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	Corgus	Corgus^L	Corgais^L
vocative	Corgais	Corgus^L	Corgusu^H
accusative	Corgus^N	Corgus^L	Corgusu^H
genitive	Corgais^L	Corgus	Corgus^N
dative	Corgus^L	Corgusaib	Corgusaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: Carghas
Manx: Cargys
Scottish Gaelic: Carghas

Mutation

Mutation of *Corgus*
radical	lenition	nasalization
Corgus	Chorgus	Corgus pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

Further reading

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