coisrig

From Old Irish coisecraid, coisercaid, coisrici(gi)d, later forms of con·secra (“consecrates, dedicates; sanctifies”), from Latin cōnsecrō (“I consecrate, dedicate; I hallow, sanctify”).

coisrig (past choisrig, future coisrigidh, verbal noun coisrigeadh, past participle coisrigte)

1. consecrate, sanctify
2. devote

   Choisrig e a bheatha do dh'adhbhar na saorsa. ― He devoted his life to the cause of freedom.

3. dedicate (a book, etc.)
4. bless
5. anoint
6. addict

• Used with the preposition do.

• mì-choisrig (“desecrate”)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• “con·secra” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.