cocsa

Welsh

Etymology

From cocs (“cockles”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔksa/
• Rhymes: -ɔksa

Verb

cocsa (first-person singular present cocsaf)

1. (South Wales) to gather cockles

Conjugation

Conjugation (literary)

	singular			plural			impersonal
	first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	cocsaf	cocsi	cocsa	cocswn	cocswch	cocsant	cocsir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional	cocswn	cocsit	cocsai	cocsem	cocsech	cocsent	cocsid
preterite	cocsais	cocsaist	cocsodd	cocsasom	cocsasoch	cocsasant	cocswyd
pluperfect	cocsaswn	cocsasit	cocsasai	cocsasem	cocsasech	cocsasent	cocsasid, cocsesid
present subjunctive	cocswyf	cocsych	cocso	cocsom	cocsoch	cocsont	cocser
imperative	—	cocsa	cocsed	cocswn	cocswch	cocsent	cocser
verbal noun	cocsa
verbal adjectives	cocsedig cocsadwy

Conjugation (colloquial)

Inflected colloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	cocsa i, cocsaf i	cocsi di	cocsith o/e/hi, cocsiff e/hi	cocswn ni	cocswch chi	cocsan nhw
conditional	cocswn i	cocset ti	cocsai fo/fe/hi	cocsen ni	cocsech chi	cocsen nhw
preterite	cocsais i, cocses i	cocsaist ti, cocsest ti	cocsodd o/e/hi	cocson ni	cocsoch chi	cocson nhw
imperative	—	cocsa	—	—	cocswch	—
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cocsa	gocsa	nghocsa	chocsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cocsa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies