cossar

Catalan

Etymology

From cos +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [koˈsaɾ]

Verb

cossar (first-person singular present cosso, first-person singular preterite cossí, past participle cossat); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. (transitive) to give body to
   • 1901, Raimon Casellas, Els sots feréstechs:

     Ni las moças més jovas y més polidas sabían cossarse com ella 's cossava, ni remenar el cos com ella 'l movía, ni posarse al cap, en comptes del caputxot, un mocadoret com el qu'ella duya, tan petit, petit, y tan cargoladet a la lligada, que per devant deixava veure tota la clenxa partida, y per derrera las trenas de color encès.

     Not even the youngest and most polished girls knew how to hold her body the way she held her body, nor to sway her body the way she moved it, nor to wear on her head, in place of a headdress, a small kerchief like she wore, so small, small and so curled in the knot that from the front all of the parting was visible and from behind the flaming tresses.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cossar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cossar
gerund			cossant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cossat		cossada
		plural		cossats		cossades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cosso	cosses	cossa	cossem	cosseu	cossen
	imperfect	cossava	cossaves	cossava	cossàvem	cossàveu	cossaven
	future	cossaré	cossaràs	cossarà	cossarem	cossareu	cossaran
	preterite	cossí	cossares	cossà	cossàrem	cossàreu	cossaren
	conditional	cossaria	cossaries	cossaria	cossaríem	cossaríeu	cossarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cossi	cossis	cossi	cossem	cosseu	cossin
	imperfect	cossés	cossessis	cossés	cosséssim	cosséssiu	cossessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cossa	cossi	cossem	cosseu	cossin
	negative (no)	—	no cossis	no cossi	no cossem	no cosseu	no cossin

Derived terms

• cossat

Further reading

• “cossar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.