cosnamh

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔsˠn̪ˠu/

Noun

cosnamh m (genitive singular cosnaimh or cosnamha or cosanta)

1. Alternative form of cosaint (verbal noun of cosain)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cosnamh	chosnamh	gcosnamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cosnamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87