cosaint

Irish

Etymology

cosain +‎ -t; largely replaces earlier cosnamh as the verbal noun of cosain.

Pronunciation

Noun

cosaint f (genitive singular cosanta)

  1. verbal noun of cosain
  2. defense, protection

Declension
Declension of cosaint

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative cosaint
Vocative a chosaint
Genitive cosanta
Dative cosaint

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an chosaint
Genitive na cosanta
Dative leis an gcosaint

don chosaint

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cosaint chosaint gcosaint
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “cosaint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “cosaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 185
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cosaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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