cosecrad

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From con·secra +‎ -ad.

Noun

cosecrad m (genitive cosaccartha)

  1. verbal noun of con·secra
  2. consecration

Declension

Masculine u-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cosecrad
vocative cosecrad
accusative cosecradN
genitive cosaccarthaH, cosecradaH
dative cosecradL
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Quotations

  • 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. 48d27
    combad de no·gabthe in salm so: di chossecrad inna cathrach con·rótacht la Dauid hi Sión fri Ebustu .i. íarna n-indarbu á Hirusalem, arnacha·toirsitis aithirriuch
    so that it would be of this that this psalm would have been sung: of the consecration of the city that was built by David on Zion against the Jebusites, namely after their expulsion from Jerusalem, that they might not conquer it again

Descendants

  • Classical Gaelic: coiseagradh, coiseargadh
  • Irish: coisreagadh
  • Manx: casherickey
  • Scottish Gaelic: coisrigeadh

Mutation

Mutation of cosecrad
radical lenition nasalization
cosecrad chosecrad cosecrad
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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