cosc
Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔsˠk/
Etymology 1
From Old Irish cosc, from Proto-Celtic *komskʷom. Cognate with Welsh cosb (“punishment; restraint”).
Noun
cosc m (genitive singular coisc, as verbal noun coiscthe)
- verbal noun of coisc
- check, restraint; prevention, prohibition
Declension
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Alternative forms
- coscadh m
Derived terms
- gan chosc (“unchecked, unrestrained”)
- gan chosc gan cheangal (“without let or hindrance”)
Etymology 2
Verb
cosc (present analytic coscann, future analytic coscfaidh, verbal noun cosc, past participle cosctha)
- alternative form of coisc (“check, prevent”)
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | coscaim | coscann tú; coscair† |
coscann sé, sí | coscaimid; coscann muid | coscann sibh | coscann siad; coscaid† |
a choscann; a choscas | cosctar |
| past | chosc mé; choscas | chosc tú; choscais | chosc sé, sí | choscamar; chosc muid | chosc sibh; choscabhair | chosc siad; choscadar | a chosc | coscadh |
| past habitual | choscainn / coscainn‡ |
chosctá / cosctᇠ|
choscadh sé, sí / coscadh sé, sí‡ |
choscaimis; choscadh muid / coscaimis‡; coscadh muid‡ |
choscadh sibh / coscadh sibh‡ |
choscaidís; choscadh siad / coscaidís‡; coscadh siad‡ |
a choscadh | chosctaí / cosctaí‡ |
| singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| future | coscfaidh mé; coscfad |
coscfaidh tú; coscfair† |
coscfaidh sé, sí | coscfaimid; coscfaidh muid |
coscfaidh sibh | coscfaidh siad; coscfaid† |
a choscfaidh; a choscfas | coscfar |
| conditional | choscfainn / coscfainn‡ |
choscfá / coscfᇠ|
choscfadh sé, sí / coscfadh sé, sí‡ |
choscfaimis; choscfadh muid / coscfaimis‡; coscfadh muid‡ |
choscfadh sibh / coscfadh sibh‡ |
choscfaidís; choscfadh siad / coscfaidís‡; coscfadh siad‡ |
a choscfadh | choscfaí / coscfaí‡ |
| subjunctive | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| present | go gcosca mé; go gcoscad† |
go gcosca tú; go gcoscair† |
go gcosca sé, sí | go gcoscaimid; go gcosca muid |
go gcosca sibh | go gcosca siad; go gcoscaid† |
— | go gcosctar |
| past | dá gcoscainn | dá gcosctá | dá gcoscadh sé, sí | dá gcoscaimis; dá gcoscadh muid |
dá gcoscadh sibh | dá gcoscaidís; dá gcoscadh siad |
— | dá gcosctaí |
| imperative | singular | plural | direct relative | autonomous | ||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
| — | coscaim | cosc | coscadh sé, sí | coscaimis | coscaigí; coscaidh† |
coscaidís | — | cosctar |
| past participle | cosctha | |||||||
| verbal noun | cosc | |||||||
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
Mutation
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| cosc | chosc | gcosc |
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), “cosc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- coscc
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *komskʷom. Cognate with Welsh cosb.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkosk/
Noun
cosc n (genitive coisc)
- verbal noun of con·secha (“to correct”)
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
- Is bés trá dosom aní-siu cosc inna mban i tossug et a tabairt fo chumacte a feir, armbat irlamu de ind ḟir fo chumacte Dǽi, co·mbí íarum coscitir ind ḟir et do·airbertar fo réir Dǽ.
- This, then, is a custom of his, to correct the wives at first and to bring them under the power of their husbands, so that the husbands may be the readier under God’s power, so that afterwards the husbands are corrected and bowed down in subjection to God.
- c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 22c10
- wound caused by (physical) punishment
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | coscN | — | — |
| vocative | coscN | — | — |
| accusative | coscN | — | — |
| genitive | coiscL | — | — |
| dative | coscL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
| radical | lenition | nasalization |
|---|---|---|
| cosc | chosc | cosc 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), “cosc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language