cosán

See also: cosan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish casán. By surface analysis, cos +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

Noun

cosán m (genitive singular cosáin, nominative plural cosáin)

  1. path, footway, track
  2. footpath, pavement, sidewalk

Declension

Declension of cosán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cosán cosáin
vocative a chosáin a chosána
genitive cosáin cosán
dative cosán cosáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cosán na cosáin
genitive an chosáin na gcosán
dative leis an gcosán
don chosán 		leis na cosáin

Descendants

  • → Yola: cusseraane

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosán
radical lenition eclipsis
cosán chosán gcosán

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 163, page 82
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152
  3. ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish]‎[1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 3, page 5

Middle Irish

Noun

cosán m

  1. alternative form of casán
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