costag

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, “an aromatic plant”). Cognate with Irish costóg (“chervil”).

MacBain cites costag as a borrowing of English costmary.[1] This differs from the consensus of modern[2][3] or botanical sources,[4] in which the term refers to the unrelated genus Anthriscus.[5] Cameron cites costag as sharing ancestry with the English costus,[4] from which the name of costmary ("costus of Mary") is derived.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔst̪ak/

Noun

costag f (genitive singular costaige, plural costagan)

  1. chervil (genus Anthriscus)

Derived terms
  • costag a' bhaile-gheamhraidh (“garden chervil”)
  • costag-bhuidhe (“golden chervil”)
  • costag-chleiteagach (“bur-chervil”)
  • costag-fhiadhain (“wild chervil”)
  • costag-ghàrraidh (“garden chervil”)
  • costag-ghiobach (“rough chervil”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
costagchostag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “costag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN, page 103
  2. “costag” in LearnGaelic - Dictionary.
  3. “costag” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
  4. Cameron, J. (1883). Anthriscus, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 32
  5. Edward Dwelly (1911) “costag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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