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

Mutation

Mutated forms of coscair
radical lenition eclipsis
coscair choscair gcoscair

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

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoskɨrʲ]

Noun

coscair

  1. vocative/genitive singular of coscar

Mutation

Mutation of coscair
radical lenition nasalization
coscair choscair coscair
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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