costag

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek κόστος (kóstos, an aromatic plant). Cognate with Irish costóg (chervil).

MacBain cites costag as a borrowing of English costmary.[1] This differs from the consensus of modern[2][3] or botanical sources,[4] in which the term refers to the unrelated genus Anthriscus.[5] Cameron cites costag as sharing ancestry with the English costus,[4] from which the name of costmary ("costus of Mary") is derived.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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costag f (genitive singular costaige, plural costagan)

  1. chervil (genus Anthriscus)

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
costag chostag
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “costag”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page 103
  2. ^ “costag”, in LearnGaelic - Dictionary[2], 2021
  3. ^ costag” in Am Faclair Beag - Scottish Gaelic Dictionary.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Cameron, J. (1883). Anthriscus, in Gaelic names of plants (Scottish and Irish). United Kingdom: (n.p.), p. 32
  5. ^ Edward Dwelly (1911) “costag”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[3], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN