cosantóir

Irish

Etymology

From cosain (“protect, defend”) +‎ -tóir.

Noun

cosantóir m (genitive singular cosantóra, nominative plural cosantóirí)

  1. defender, protector
  2. (law) defendant
  3. (hurling, Gaelic football) back
    Synonyms: cúlaí, taca

Declension

Declension of cosantóir (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cosantóir cosantóirí
vocative a chosantóir a chosantóirí
genitive cosantóra cosantóirí
dative cosantóir cosantóirí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cosantóir na cosantóirí
genitive an chosantóra na gcosantóirí
dative leis an gcosantóir
don chosantóir 		leis na cosantóirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosantóir
radical lenition eclipsis
cosantóir chosantóir gcosantóir

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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