cousir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cousir (“to examine”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste, test”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Compare French choisir, English choose.

Verb

cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousín, past participle cousido)
cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousim or cousi, past participle cousido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. (archaic) to distinguish, discern
    Synonym: decerner
  2. (archaic) to act judiciously, after careful consideration

Conjugation
    Conjugation of cousir
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti)		 Third-person
(el / ela / Vde.)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal cousir
Personal cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousiren
Gerund
cousindo
Past participle
Masculine cousido cousidos
Feminine cousida cousidas
Indicative
Present couso couses couse cousimos cousides cousen
Imperfect cousía cousías cousía cousiamos cousiades cousían
Preterite cousín cousiches cousiu cousimos cousistes cousiron
Pluperfect cousira cousiras cousira cousiramos cousirades cousiran
Future cousirei cousirás cousirá cousiremos cousiredes cousirán
Conditional cousiría cousirías cousiría cousiriamos cousiriades cousirían
Subjunctive
Present cousa cousas cousa cousamos cousades cousan
Imperfect cousise cousises cousise cousísemos cousísedes cousisen
Future cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousiren
Imperative
Affirmative couse cousa cousamos couside cousan
Negative (non) non cousas non cousa non cousamos non cousades non cousan
    Reintegrated conjugation of cousir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu)		 Second-person
(ti / tu)		 Third-person
(ele / ela / você)		 First-person
(nós)		 Second-person
(vós)		 Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cousir
Personal cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousirem
Gerund
cousindo
Past participle
Masculine cousido cousidos
Feminine cousida cousidas
Indicative
Present couso couses couse cousimos cousides, cousis cousem
Imperfect cousia cousias cousia cousíamos cousíades, cousíeis, cousíais1 cousiam
Preterite cousim, cousi cousiste, cousiche1 cousiu cousimos cousistes cousírom, cousiram
Pluperfect cousira cousiras cousira cousíramos cousírades, cousíreis, cousírais1 cousiram
Future cousirei cousirás cousirá cousiremos cousiredes, cousireis cousirám, cousirão
Conditional cousiria cousirias cousiria cousiríamos cousiríades, cousiríeis, cousiríais1 cousiriam
Subjunctive
Present cousa cousas cousa cousamos cousades, cousais cousam
Imperfect cousisse cousisses cousisse cousíssemos cousíssedes, cousísseis cousissem
Future cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousirem
Imperative
Affirmative couse cousa cousamos couside, cousi cousam
Negative (nom) nom cousas nom cousa nom cousamos nom cousades, nom cousais nom cousam

1Less recommended.

Derived terms
  • Cousido (“Judicious”), a surname
  • Coto Cousido (“Distinguished hill”), a hill name

References
  • “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cousi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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