cosúil

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cosmail

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kəˈsˠuːlʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɔsˠuːlʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkʌsˠulʲ/

Adjective

cosúil (genitive singular masculine cosúil, genitive singular feminine cosúla, plural cosúla, comparative cosúla)

  1. resembling, like (followed by le)
    Is cosúil lena athair é.
    He looks like his father.

Declension
Declension of cosúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative cosúil chosúil cosúla;
chosúla²
Vocative chosúil cosúla
Genitive cosúla cosúla cosúil
Dative cosúil;
chosúil¹		 chosúil cosúla;
chosúla²
Comparative níos cosúla
Superlative is cosúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms
  • is cosúil go (“apparently”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cosúil chosúil gcosúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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