consecha

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ seichid, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [konˈsʲexa]

Verb

con·secha (prototonic ·cosca, verbal noun cosc) (abbreviated ɔsecha)

1. to reprove, admonish, correct
2. to keep in check, hinder, prevent; staunch (wounds)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:consecha.

Conjugation

Complex, class A I and A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.	Passive sg.	Passive pl.
Present indicative	Deut.			con·secha			con·sechat	con·sechthar
	Prot.								·coscitir; ·coisctir
Imperfect indicative	Deut.	con·sechainn
	Prot.			·coisced
Preterite	Deut.			con·sech
	Prot.			·coisc				·coscad	·coiscset
Perfect	Deut.			ro·coisc				ro·coscad
	Prot.								ro·coiscset
Future	Deut.							con·sechfider
	Prot.						·coiscfet
Conditional	Deut.
	Prot.
Present subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.		·coisci	·cosca
Past subjunctive	Deut.
	Prot.
Imperative			cosaig	coisced		coscid		coiseccar; coscther
Verbal noun		cosc
Past participle		coiscthe
Verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: coiscid
  • Irish: coisc
  • Scottish Gaelic: caisg

Mutation

Mutation of consecha

radical	lenition	nasalization
con·secha	unchanged	unchanged

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language