coscar
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- coscur
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoskar/
Noun
coscar m (genitive coscair)
- victory
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95a5
- Is ed as·bertis b⟨a⟩ a nert fadesin imme·ḟolnged choscur doib, níbu Día.
- That is, they used to say that it was their own strength that produced victory for them, not God
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 95a5
Declension
| Masculine o-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Dual | Plural | |
| Nominative | coscar, coscur | — | — |
| Vocative | coscair | — | — |
| Accusative | coscarN, coscur | — | — |
| Genitive | coscairL | — | — |
| Dative | coscurL | — | — |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Descendants
- Irish: coscar
- Scottish Gaelic: cosgar
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coscar | choscar | coscar pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “coscar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language