cosaint

Irish

Etymology

cosain +‎ -t; largely replaces earlier cosnamh as the verbal noun of cosain.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɞsˠənʲtʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠən̠ʲtʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌsˠən̠ʲtʲ/

Noun

cosaint f (genitive singular cosanta)

1. verbal noun of cosain
2. defense, protection

Declension

Declension of cosaint (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cosaint vocative a chosaint genitive cosanta dative cosaint forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chosaint genitive na cosanta dative leis an gcosaint don chosaint

Derived terms

• is é cosaint na pingine a chruachas na puint (“take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosaint

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cosaint	chosaint	gcosaint

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

Further reading

• “cosaint”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cosaint”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 185
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cosaint”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN