cosb

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *komskʷom. Cognate with Irish cosc (“restraint, prohibition”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /koːsb/, [ˌkʰoːsp]
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔsb/, [kʰɔsp]
Rhymes: -ɔsb

Noun

cosb f or m (plural cosbau or cosbion)

Derived terms

cic gosb (“penalty kick”)
gôl gosb (“penalty goal”)
cosb farwolaeth (“death penalty”)
cosbi (“to punish”)
cosbol (“penal, punitive”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cosb*
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cosb	gosb	nghosb	chosb

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

References

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