cosail

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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Derived from Old Irish cosmail. Compare Irish cosúil (pre-reform spelling cosmhail) "like, resembling".

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cosail (comparative cosaile)

  1. (Islay) With the preposition ri: similar, like
    Synonym: coltach
    cosail ris na h-Ìlichsimilar to the people of Islay
    tha e cosail ri bhith na chlamhanit seems to be a buzzard
  2. (Islay) apparent, likely
    is cosail nach aithne dhuit miseyou likely won't recognise me

Mutation

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Mutation of cosail
radical lenition
cosail chosail

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