cousir
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese cousir (“to examine”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste, test”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Compare French choisir, English choose.
Verb edit
cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousín, past participle cousido)
cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousim or cousi, past participle cousido, reintegrationist norm)
- (archaic) to distinguish, discern
- Synonym: decerner
- (archaic) to act judiciously, after careful consideration
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of cousir
Reintegrated conjugation of cousir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Derived terms edit
- Cousido (“Judicious”), a surname
- Coto Cousido (“Distinguished hill”), a hill name
References edit
- “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “cousi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.