cosmailius

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cosmilius, cosmuilius, cosmulius

Etymology

From cosmail +‎ -us.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkosβ̃ɨlʲus]

Noun

cosmailius m (genitive cosmailseo or cosmilse)

1. likeness, similarity
2. likeness, comparison, metaphor

Declension

Masculine u-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cosmailius	cosmailiusL	cosmilseH
vocative	cosmailius	cosmailiusL	cosmailsiu
accusative	cosmailiusN	cosmailiusL	cosmailsiu
genitive	cosmailseoH, cosmilseH	cosmailseoL, cosmilseL	cosmailiusaeN
dative	cosmailiusL	cosmailsib	cosmailsib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• fo chosmailius

Descendants

• Irish: cosmhaileas, cosúileas
• Manx: caslys

Mutation

Mutation of cosmailius

radical	lenition	nasalization
cosmailius	chosmailius	cosmailius pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cosmailius”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language