cotarsnae

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cotarsne

Etymology

From com- +‎ tarsnae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkodar͈sn͈ɘ]

Adjective

cotarsnae

1. opposite
2. opposed, contrary [+ do, fri (object) = to]
   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 11^a24

     Ní gessam-ni níi bes chotarsne dïar n-ícc.

     We should not pray for anything that is opposed to our salvation.

   • c. 800, Würzburg Glosses on the Pauline Epistles, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 499–712, Wb. 17^d27

     Aní trá as chotarsne fri hícc ní étar cía gessir.

     Whatever, then, is contrary to salvation is not obtained even if it is prayed for.

Inflection

io/iā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cotarsnae	cotarsnae	cotarsnae
Vocative	cotarsnai
Accusative	cotarsnae	cotarsnai
Genitive	cotarsnai	cotarsnae	cotarsnai
Dative	cotarsnu	cotarsnai	cotarsnu
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	cotarsnai	cotarsnai
Vocative	cotarsnai cotarsnu*
Accusative	cotarsnai cotarsnu*
Genitive	cotarsnae
Dative	cotarsnaib
Notes	* when substantivized

Descendants

• Irish: codarsna

Mutation

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

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cotarsnae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language