coisc
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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cosg.
Pronunciation
Verb
coisc (present analytic coisceann, future analytic coiscfidh, verbal noun cosc, past participle coiscthe)
- to check (control, limit, halt), restrain, suppress, hold back, hinder
- Synonym: bac
- to prevent, stop, block (out), obviate, preclude
- to forbid, prohibit, proscribe, ban, bar [with ar ‘person’]
- Coiscim ort imeach.
- I forbid you to leave.
- to stanch, stem, keep back
- to wean
- Synonym: scoith
- to parry
- to cease [with de ‘from’]
- Synonym: stad
- to slake, allay (thirst, hunger)
- (finance) to freeze (assets)
- Synonym: reoigh
Conjugation
conjugation of coisc (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative verbal nouns: coisc, coisceadh
Derived terms
Noun
coisc f (genitive singular coisce)
- Alternative form of cosc (verbal noun of coisc)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coisc | choisc | gcoisc |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “coisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coiscim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 168
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Categories:
- Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (say)
- Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish
- Irish terms derived from Middle Irish
- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Irish lemmas
- Irish verbs
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- Irish first-conjugation verbs of class A
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
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