cosmail

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cosmil, cosmuil, cossmail

Etymology

From com- +‎ samail

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkosṽil/

Adjective

cosmail

1. like, alike, similar (+ fri (“to”))

Declension

i-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cosmail	cosmail	cosmail
Vocative	cosmail
Accusative	cosmail	cosmail
Genitive	cosmail	cosmaile	cosmail
Dative	cosmail	cosmail	cosmail
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	cosmaili	cosmaili
Vocative	cosmaili
Accusative	cosmaili
Genitive	cosmail* cosmaile
Dative	cosmailib
Notes	*not when substantivized

Derived terms

• cosmailigidir
• cosmailius
• écsamail

 

Descendants

• Irish: cosúil
• Manx: cosoyl
• Scottish Gaelic: cosail

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cosmail”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language