cosb
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Celtic *komskʷom. Cognate with Irish cosc (“restraint, prohibition”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /koːsb/, [ˌkʰoːsp]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɔsb/, [kʰɔsp]
- Rhymes: -ɔsb
Noun edit
cosb m or f (plural cosbau or cosbion)
Derived terms edit
- cic gosb (“penalty kick”)
- gôl gosb (“penalty goal”)
- cosb marwolaeth (“death penalty”)
- cosbi (“to punish”)
- cosbol (“penal, punitive”)
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cosb | gosb | nghosb | chosb |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||