cosb

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *komskʷom. Cognate with Irish cosc (“restraint, prohibition”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /koːsb/, [ˌkʰoːsp]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɔsb/, [kʰɔsp]
• Rhymes: -ɔsb

Noun

cosb m or f (plural cosbau or cosbion)

1. punishment, chastisement, penalty
2. discipline, restraint
3. revenge
4. (figurative) chastiser

Derived terms

• cic gosb (“penalty kick”)
• gôl gosb (“penalty goal”)
• cosb marwolaeth (“death penalty”)
• cosbi (“to punish”)
• cosbol (“penal, punitive”)

Mutation

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.