Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From com- +‎ tarsnae.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cotarsnae

  1. opposite
  2. opposed, contrary [+ do, fri (object) = to]
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11a24
      Ní gessam-ni níi bes chotarsne dïar n-ícc.
      We should not pray for anything that is opposed to our salvation.
    • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17d27
      Aní trá as chotarsne fri hícc ní étar cía gessir.
      Whatever, then, is contrary to salvation is not obtained even if it is prayed for.
  3. (nominalized) adversity
    • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 74c20
      Húare ro·comallada inna imneda ⁊ fo·ruirmed cenn forsnaib cotarsnaib du·rairngirt-siu, is fíri{ri}én trá fuä n-indas sin tabart díglae foraibsom.
      Because the troubles have been fulfilled, and an end has been put to the adversities that you sg have promised, it is just, then, to inflict vengeance on them in that way.

Inflection

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io/iā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cotarsnae cotarsnae cotarsnae
Vocative cotarsnai
Accusative cotarsnae cotarsnai
Genitive cotarsnai cotarsnae cotarsnai
Dative cotarsnu cotarsnai cotarsnu
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative cotarsnai cotarsnai
Vocative cotarsnai
cotarsnu*
Accusative cotarsnai
cotarsnu*
Genitive cotarsnae
Dative cotarsnaib
Notes * when substantivized

Descendants

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  • Irish: codarsna

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cotarsnae chotarsnae cotarsnae
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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