coisreacan

Irish

Alternative forms

  • (as verbal noun): coisreacadh

Etymology

From coisric (“consecrate”) +‎ -an.

Noun

coisreacan m (genitive singular coisreacain, nominative plural coisreacain)

  1. verbal noun of coisric
  2. consecration
    talamh gan choisreacan ― unconsecrated ground
  3. blessing

Declension

Declension of coisreacan (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coisreacan coisreacain
vocative a choisreacain a choisreacana
genitive coisreacain coisreacan
dative coisreacan coisreacain
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coisreacan na coisreacain
genitive an choisreacain na gcoisreacan
dative leis an gcoisreacan
don choisreacan 		leis na coisreacain

Derived terms

  • uisce conseacrain (“holy water”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coisreacan
radical lenition eclipsis
coisreacan choisreacan gcoisreacan

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

Further reading

  • “coisreacan”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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