cosán

See also: cosan

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish casán. By surface analysis, cos +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ/[1], [kəˈsˠɑːn̪ˠ]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔsˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈkɔsˠɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɑsˠɑnˠ/, /ˈkɑsˠɑn̪ˠ/[2] (corresponding to the spelling casán)

Noun

cosán m (genitive singular cosáin, nominative plural cosáin)

  1. path, footway, track
  2. footpath, pavement, sidewalk

Declension
Declension of cosán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cosán cosáin
Vocative a chosáin a chosána
Genitive cosáin cosán
Dative cosán cosáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cosán na cosáin
Genitive an chosáin na gcosán
Dative leis an gcosán

don chosán

 leis na cosáin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cosán chosán gcosán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 82
  2. Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt‎ (in Irish), Belfast: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], § 3

Middle Irish

Noun

cosán m

  1. Alternative form of casán
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