coscair

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cascair (Ulster)
  • casgair, consgair, cosgair (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish con·scara (to destroy, kill).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔsˠkəɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkasˠkəɾʲ/ (corresponding to the alternative form cascair)

Verb

coscair (present analytic coscraíonn, future analytic coscróidh, verbal noun coscairt, past participle coscartha)

  1. to hack up, mangle
  2. to thaw

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • (break up): bris suas
  • (thaw): leáigh

Derived terms

  • coscrach (shattering, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coscair choscair gcoscair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoskɨrʲ]

Noun

coscair

  1. vocative/genitive singular of coscar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
coscair choscair coscair
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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