cosmail

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • cosmil, cosmuil, cossmail

Etymology

From com- +‎ samail.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkosβ̃ɨl]

Adjective

cosmail

  1. like, alike, similar (+ fri (“to”))
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 91b7
      is dó du·gníinn-se anísin, combin cosmail fri encu
      It is for that [reason] that I used to do that, so that I might be like innocent ones

Declension

i-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cosmail cosmail cosmail
vocative cosmail
accusative cosmail cosmail
genitive cosmail cosmaile cosmail
dative cosmail cosmail cosmail
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative cosmaili cosmaili
vocative cosmaili
accusative cosmaili
genitive cosmail*
cosmaile
dative cosmailib

*not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: cosúil
  • Manx: cosoyl
  • Scottish Gaelic: cosail

Mutation

Mutation of cosmail
radical lenition nasalization
cosmail chosmail cosmail
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

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