cosair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cos(s)ar, cos(s)air (“act of strewing (together)”), verbal noun of con·sern (“spreads out, strews”).

Noun

cosair f (genitive singular cosrach)

1. trampled matter, litter

Declension

Declension of cosair (fifth declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative cosair vocative a chosair genitive cosrach dative cosair cosraigh (archaic, dialectal) forms with the definite article singular nominative an chosair genitive na cosrach dative leis an gcosair leis an gcosraigh (archaic, dialectal) don chosair don chosraigh (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

• cosair chró (“shambles; a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation”)
• cosair-easair (“litter, mess”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cosair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cosair	chosair	gcosair

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