cocsa
Welsh
Etymology
From cocs (“cockles”) + -a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔksa/
Verb
cocsa (first-person singular present cocsaf)
- (South Wales) to gather cockles
Conjugation
Conjugation (literary)
singular | plural | impersonal | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |||
present indicative/future | cocsaf | cocsi | cocsa | cocswn | cocswch | cocsant | cocsir | |
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/ conditional | cocswn | cocsit | cocsai | cocsem | cocsech | cocsent | cocsid | |
preterite | cocsais | cocsaist | cocsodd | cocsasom | cocsasoch | cocsasant | cocswyd | |
pluperfect | cocsaswn | cocsasit | cocsasai | cocsasem | cocsasech | cocsasent | cocsasid, cocsesid | |
present subjunctive | cocswyf | cocsych | cocso | cocsom | cocsoch | cocsont | cocser | |
imperative | — | cocsa | cocsed | cocswn | cocswch | cocsent | cocser | |
verbal noun | cocsa | |||||||
verbal adjectives | cocsedig cocsadwy |
Conjugation (colloquial)
Inflected colloquial forms | singular | plural | ||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | |
future | cocsa i, cocsaf i | cocsi di | cocsith o/e/hi, cocsiff e/hi | cocswn ni | cocswch chi | cocsan nhw |
conditional | cocswn i | cocset ti | cocsai fo/fe/hi | cocsen ni | cocsech chi | cocsen nhw |
preterite | cocsais i, cocses i | cocsaist ti, cocsest ti | cocsodd o/e/hi | cocson ni | cocsoch chi | cocson nhw |
imperative | — | cocsa | — | — | cocswch | — |
Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh. |
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cocsa | gocsa | nghocsa | chocsa |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950-), “cocsa”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies