cousir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cousir (“to examine”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste, test”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Compare French choisir, English choose.

Verb

cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousín, past participle cousido)
cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousim or cousi, past participle cousido, reintegrationist norm)

1. (archaic) to distinguish, discern

   Synonym: decerner

2. (archaic) to act judiciously, after careful consideration

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cousir

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cousir
Personal	cousir	cousires	cousir	cousirmos	cousirdes	cousiren
Gerund
	cousindo
Past participle
Masculine	cousido			cousidos
Feminine	cousida			cousidas
Indicative
Present	couso	couses	couse	cousimos	cousides	cousen
Imperfect	cousía	cousías	cousía	cousiamos	cousiades	cousían
Preterite	cousín	cousiches	cousiu	cousimos	cousistes	cousiron
Pluperfect	cousira	cousiras	cousira	cousiramos	cousirades	cousiran
Future	cousirei	cousirás	cousirá	cousiremos	cousiredes	cousirán
Conditional	cousiría	cousirías	cousiría	cousiriamos	cousiriades	cousirían
Subjunctive
Present	cousa	cousas	cousa	cousamos	cousades	cousan
Imperfect	cousise	cousises	cousise	cousísemos	cousísedes	cousisen
Future	cousir	cousires	cousir	cousirmos	cousirdes	cousiren
Imperative
Affirmative		couse	cousa	cousamos	couside	cousan
Negative (non)		non cousas	non cousa	non cousamos	non cousades	non cousan

    Reintegrated conjugation of cousir (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cousir
Personal	cousir	cousires	cousir	cousirmos	cousirdes	cousirem
Gerund
	cousindo
Past participle
Masculine	cousido			cousidos
Feminine	cousida			cousidas
Indicative
Present	couso	couses	couse	cousimos	cousides, cousis	cousem
Imperfect	cousia	cousias	cousia	cousíamos	cousíades, cousíeis, cousíais1	cousiam
Preterite	cousim, cousi	cousiste, cousiche1	cousiu	cousimos	cousistes	cousírom, cousiram
Pluperfect	cousira	cousiras	cousira	cousíramos	cousírades, cousíreis, cousírais1	cousiram
Future	cousirei	cousirás	cousirá	cousiremos	cousiredes, cousireis	cousirám, cousirão
Conditional	cousiria	cousirias	cousiria	cousiríamos	cousiríades, cousiríeis, cousiríais1	cousiriam
Subjunctive
Present	cousa	cousas	cousa	cousamos	cousades, cousais	cousam
Imperfect	cousisse	cousisses	cousisse	cousíssemos	cousíssedes, cousísseis	cousissem
Future	cousir	cousires	cousir	cousirmos	cousirdes	cousirem
Imperative
Affirmative		couse	cousa	cousamos	couside, cousi	cousam
Negative (nom)		nom cousas	nom cousa	nom cousamos	nom cousades, nom cousais	nom cousam

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• Cousido (“Judicious”), a surname
• Coto Cousido (“Distinguished hill”), a hill name

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “cousir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “cousi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cousir”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega