cocsa

Welsh

Etymology

From cocs (cockles) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔksa/
  • Rhymes: -ɔksa

Verb

cocsa (first-person singular present cocsaf)

  1. (South Wales) to gather cockles

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)
singular plural impersonal
first second third first second third
present indicative/future cocsaf cocsi cocsa cocswn cocswch cocsant cocsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/
conditional
cocswn cocsit cocsai cocsem cocsech cocsent cocsid
preterite cocsais cocsaist cocsodd cocsasom cocsasoch cocsasant cocswyd
pluperfect cocsaswn cocsasit cocsasai cocsasem cocsasech cocsasent cocsasid, cocsesid
present subjunctive cocswyf cocsych cocso cocsom cocsoch cocsont cocser
imperative cocsa cocsed cocswn cocswch cocsent cocser
verbal noun cocsa
verbal adjectives cocsedig
cocsadwy
Conjugation (colloquial)
inflected
colloquial forms
singular plural
first second third first second third
future cocsa i,
cocsaf i
cocsi di cocsith o/e/hi,
cocsiff e/hi
cocswn ni cocswch chi cocsan nhw
conditional cocswn i cocset ti cocsai fo/fe/hi cocsen ni cocsech chi cocsen nhw
preterite cocsais i,
cocses i
cocsaist ti,
cocsest ti
cocsodd o/e/hi cocson ni cocsoch chi cocson nhw
imperative cocsa cocswch

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cocsa
radical soft nasal aspirate
cocsa gocsa nghocsa chocsa

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

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cocsa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies