cosantóir
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From cosain (“protect, defend”) + -tóir.
Noun
[edit]cosantóir m (genitive singular cosantóra, nominative plural cosantóirí)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- banchosantóir (“protectress”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cosantóir | chosantóir | gcosantóir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cosantóir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cosantóir”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cosantóir”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024