cosmailius

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

cosmilius, cosmuilius, cosmulius

Etymology

From cosmail +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):

Noun

cosmailius m (genitive cosmailseo or cosmilse)

likeness, similarity
likeness, comparison, metaphor

Declension

Masculine u-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cosmailius	cosmailius^L	cosmilse^H
vocative	cosmailius	cosmailius^L	cosmailsiu
accusative	cosmailius^N	cosmailius^L	cosmailsiu
genitive	cosmailseo^H, cosmilse^H	cosmailseo^L, cosmilse^L	cosmailiusae^N
dative	cosmailius^L	cosmailsib	cosmailsib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

^H = triggers aspiration
^L = triggers lenition
^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

fo chosmailius

Descendants

Irish: cosmhaileas, cosúileas
Manx: caslys

Mutation

Mutation of *cosmailius*
radical	lenition	nasalization
cosmailius	chosmailius	cosmailius pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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), “cosmailius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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