coscairt

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cascairt (Ulster)
  • casgairt, consgairt, cosgairt (obsolete)

Etymology

From coscair +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔsˠkəɾˠtʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkasˠkəɾˠtʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form cascairt)

Noun

coscairt m (genitive singular coscartha)

  1. verbal noun of coscair

Declension

Declension of coscairt (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative coscairt
vocative a choscairt
genitive coscartha
dative coscairt
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an coscairt
genitive an choscartha
dative leis an gcoscairt
don choscairt

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coscairt
radical lenition eclipsis
coscairt choscairt gcoscairt

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 9, page 7

Further reading

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