cosair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cos(s)ar, cos(s)air (“act of strewing (together)”), verbal noun of con·sern (“spreads out, strews”).

Noun

cosair f (genitive singular cosrach)

  1. trampled matter, litter

Declension

Declension of cosair (fifth declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cosair
vocative a chosair
genitive cosrach
dative cosair
cosraigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chosair
genitive na cosrach
dative leis an gcosair
leis an gcosraigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chosair
don chosraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

  • cosair chró (“shambles; a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation”)
  • cosair-easair (“litter, mess”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosair
radical lenition eclipsis
cosair chosair gcosair

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

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