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Irish
Noun
cosg
- Obsolete spelling of cosc (“check, prevention”).
Verb
cosg
- Obsolete form of coisc (“check, prevent”).
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| cosg
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chosg
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gcosg
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Irish coisc.
Pronunciation
Verb
cosg (past chosg, future cosgaidh, verbal noun cosg or cosgadh, past participle cosgte)
- cost
- spend
- waste
Derived terms
Noun
cosg m (genitive singular cosg or coisg)
- verbal noun of cosg
- costing
- cost
- waste
Synonyms
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.