cosair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cos(s)ar, cos(s)air (“act of strewing (together)”), verbal noun of con·sern (“spreads out, strews”).

Noun

cosair f (genitive singular cosrach)

  1. trampled matter, litter

Declension
Declension of cosair

Fifth declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun):

Case Singular
Nominative cosair
Vocative a chosair
Genitive cosrach
Dative cosair
cosraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an chosair
Genitive na cosrach
Dative leis an gcosair
leis an gcosraigh (archaic, dialectal)

don chosair
don chosraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms
  • cosair chró (“shambles; a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation”)
  • cosair-easair (“litter, mess”)

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