coisinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish con·sní (“contend; strive for; cost”).

Verb

coisinn (past choisinn, future coisinnidh, verbal noun cosnadh, past participle coisinnte)

1. earn, get, acquire
2. win, gain

Related terms

• cion-cosnaidh (“unemployment”)
• cosnaiche (“employee”)

Mutation

Mutation of coisinn

radical	lenition
coisinn	choisinn

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