cos-uisge

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Scottish Gaelic

cos-uisge (Myrrhis odorata)

Etymology

cost (“aromatic plant”) +‎ uisge (“water”), "water-scented plant"

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰɔs ˈɯʃkʲə/

Noun

cos-uisge f (genitive singular cois-uisge)

  1. cicely, myrrh (Myrrhis odorata)

Synonyms

seanas, mirr

Mutation

Mutation of cos-uisge
radical lenition
cos-uisge chos-uisge

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

References

Edward Dwelly (1911) “cos-uisge”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Cameron, J. (1883). M. odorata, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 32

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