cosúlacht
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cosmhalacht (superseded spelling)
Etymology
[edit]From cosúil (“like, resembling”) + -acht.
Noun
[edit]cosúlacht f (genitive singular cosúlachta, nominative plural cosúlachtaí)
- likeness; appearance, resemblance
- Synonym: cosúilt
Declension
[edit]Declension of cosúlacht
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]- ciorcal cosúlachta (“circle of similitude”)
- de réir cosúlachta (“to all appearances”)
- lárphointe cosúlachta (“centre of similitude”)
Related terms
[edit]- cosúlaigh (“liken”, transitive verb)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cosúlacht | chosúlacht | gcosúlacht |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cosúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “appearance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “likeness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “resemblance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024