coinsias

Irish

Alternative forms

• coinsiasa

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle English conscience, itself borrowed from Old French, from Latin cōnscientia.

Noun

coinsias m (genitive singular coinsiasa, nominative plural coinsiasaí)

1. conscience

Declension

Declension of coinsias

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative coinsias coinsiasaí Vocative a choinsias a choinsiasaí Genitive coinsiasa coinsiasaí Dative coinsias coinsiasaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an coinsias na coinsiasaí Genitive an choinsiasa na gcoinsiasaí Dative leis an gcoinsias don choinsias leis na coinsiasaí

• Variant genitive singular: coinsiais

Derived terms

• coinsiasach (“conscientious”, adjective)
• coinsiasacht (“conscientiousness”)
• priocadh coinsiasa (“prick of conscience”)
• saoirse coinsiasa (“liberty of conscience”)
• scrúdú coinsiasa (“examination of conscience”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coinsias	choinsias	gcoinsias
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coinsias”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coinsias”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language