cosúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cosmail.[2]

Pronunciation

Adjective

cosúil (genitive singular masculine cosúil, genitive singular feminine cosúla, plural cosúla, comparative cosúla)

  1. resembling, like
    Is cosúil lena athair é.
    He looks like his father.

Declension

Declension of cosúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cosúil chosúil cosúla;
chosúla2
vocative chosúil cosúla
genitive cosúla cosúla cosúil
dative cosúil;
chosúil1 		chosúil cosúla;
chosúla2
Comparative níos cosúla
Superlative is cosúla

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cosúil chosúil gcosúil

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

References

  1. ^ “cosúil”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cosmail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Description of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, § 57, page 47
  4. ^ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 464, page 124
  5. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , section 205.12, page 99
  6. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 172, page 65

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