cobhsaigh
Irish
Etymology
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Verb
cobhsaigh (present analytic cobhsaíonn, future analytic cobhsóidh, verbal noun cobhsú, past participle cobhsaithe)
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | cobhsaím | cobhsaíonn tú; cobhsaír† |
cobhsaíonn sé, sí | cobhsaímid; cobhsaíonn muid |
cobhsaíonn sibh | cobhsaíonn siad; cobhsaíd† |
a chobhsaíonn; a chobhsaíos | cobhsaítear |
| past | chobhsaigh mé; chobhsaíos | chobhsaigh tú; chobhsaís | chobhsaigh sé, sí | chobhsaíomar; chobhsaigh muid | chobhsaigh sibh; chobhsaíobhair | chobhsaigh siad; chobhsaíodar | a chobhsaigh | cobhsaíodh |
| past habitual | chobhsaínn / cobhsaínn‡ |
chobhsaíteá / cobhsaíteᇠ|
chobhsaíodh sé, sí / cobhsaíodh sé, sí‡ |
chobhsaímis; chobhsaíodh muid / cobhsaímis‡; cobhsaíodh muid‡ |
chobhsaíodh sibh / cobhsaíodh sibh‡ |
chobhsaídís; chobhsaíodh / cobhsaídís‡; cobhsaíodh siad‡ |
a chobhsaíodh | chobhsaítí / cobhsaítí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | cobhsóidh mé; cobhsód; cobhsóchaidh mé† |
cobhsóidh tú; cobhsóir†; cobhsóchaidh tú† |
cobhsóidh sé, sí; cobhsóchaidh sé, sí† |
cobhsóimid; cobhsóidh muid; cobhsóchaimid†; cobhsóchaidh muid† |
cobhsóidh sibh; cobhsóchaidh sibh† |
cobhsóidh siad; cobhsóid†; cobhsóchaidh siad† |
a chobhsóidh; a chobhsós; a chobhsóchaidh†; a chobhsóchas† | cobhsófar; cobhsóchar† |
| conditional | chobhsóinn; chobhsóchainn† / cobhsóinn‡; cobhsóchainn†‡ |
chobhsófá; chobhsóchthᆠ/ cobhsófá‡; cobhsóchthᆇ |
chobhsódh sé, sí; chobhsóchadh sé, sí† / cobhsódh sé, sí‡; cobhsóchadh sé, s톇 |
chobhsóimis; chobhsódh muid; chobhsóchaimis†; chobhsóchadh muid† / cobhsóimis‡; cobhsódh muid‡; cobhsóchaimis†‡; cobhsóchadh muid†‡ |
chobhsódh sibh; chobhsóchadh sibh† / cobhsódh sibh‡; cobhsóchadh sibh†‡ |
chobhsóidís; chobhsódh siad; chobhsóchaidís†; chobhsóchadh siad† / cobhsóidís‡; cobhsódh siad‡; cobhsóchaidís†‡; cobhsóchadh siad†‡ |
a chobhsódh; a chobhsóchadh† | chobhsófaí; chobhsóchthaí† / cobhsófaí‡; cobhsóchtha톇 |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go gcobhsaí mé; go gcobhsaíod† |
go gcobhsaí tú; go gcobhsaír† |
go gcobhsaí sé, sí | go gcobhsaímid; go gcobhsaí muid |
go gcobhsaí sibh | go gcobhsaí siad; go gcobhsaíd† |
— | go gcobhsaítear |
| past | dá gcobhsaínn | dá gcobhsaíteá | dá gcobhsaíodh sé, sí | dá gcobhsaímis; dá gcobhsaíodh muid |
dá gcobhsaíodh sibh | dá gcobhsaídís; dá gcobhsaíodh siad |
— | dá gcobhsaítí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | cobhsaím | cobhsaigh | cobhsaíodh sé, sí | cobhsaímis | cobhsaígí; cobhsaídh† |
cobhsaídís | — | cobhsaítear |
| past participle | cobhsaithe | |||||||
| verbal noun | cobhsú | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Derived terms
Related terms
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cobhsaigh | chobhsaigh | gcobhsaigh |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cobhsaigh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “cobhsaigh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cobhsaigh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026