cosúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• cosmhalacht (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From cosúil (“like, resembling”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cosúlacht f (genitive singular cosúlachta, nominative plural cosúlachtaí)

1. likeness; appearance, resemblance

   Synonym: cosúilt

Declension

Declension of cosúlacht (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cosúlacht cosúlachtaí vocative a chosúlacht a chosúlachtaí genitive cosúlachta cosúlachtaí dative cosúlacht cosúlachtaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chosúlacht na cosúlachtaí genitive na cosúlachta na gcosúlachtaí dative leis an gcosúlacht don chosúlacht leis na cosúlachtaí

Derived terms

• ciorcal cosúlachta (“circle of similitude”)
• de réir cosúlachta (“to all appearances”)
• lárphointe cosúlachta (“centre of similitude”)

 

Related terms

• cosúlaigh (“liken”, transitive verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosúlacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cosúlacht	chosúlacht	gcosúlacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cosúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “appearance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “likeness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “resemblance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024