coisc

Irish

Alternative forms

• cosc
• coisg, cosg (oboslete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cosg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌʃc/

Verb

coisc (present analytic coisceann, future analytic coiscfidh, verbal noun cosc, past participle coiscthe)

1. to check (control, limit, halt), restrain, suppress, hold back, hinder

   Synonym: bac

2. to prevent, stop, block (out), obviate, preclude
3. to forbid, prohibit, proscribe, ban, bar [with ar ‘person’]

   Coiscim ort imeach.

   I forbid you to leave.

4. to stanch, stem, keep back
5. to wean

   Synonym: scoith

6. to parry
7. to cease [with de ‘from’]

   Synonym: stad

8. to slake, allay (thirst, hunger)
9. (finance) to freeze (assets)

   Synonym: reoigh

Conjugation

conjugation of coisc (first conjugation – A)

		singular			plural			relative	autonomous
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	coiscim	coisceann tú; coiscir†	coisceann sé, sí	coiscimid	coisceann sibh	coisceann siad; coiscid†	a choisceann; a choisceas / a gcoisceann*; a gcoisceas*	coisctear
	past	choisc mé; choisceas	choisc tú; choiscis	choisc sé, sí	choisceamar; choisc muid	choisc sibh; choisceabhair	choisc siad; choisceadar	a choisc / ar choisc*	coisceadh
	past habitual	choiscinn / gcoiscinn‡‡	choiscteá / gcoiscteᇇ	choisceadh sé, sí / gcoisceadh sé, s퇇	choiscimis; choisceadh muid / gcoiscimis‡‡; gcoisceadh muid‡‡	choisceadh sibh / gcoisceadh sibh‡‡	choiscidís; choisceadh siad / gcoiscidís‡‡; gcoisceadh siad‡‡	a choisceadh / a gcoisceadh*	choisctí / gcoisct퇇
future		coiscfidh mé; coiscfead	coiscfidh tú; coiscfir†	coiscfidh sé, sí	coiscfimid; coiscfidh muid	coiscfidh sibh	coiscfidh siad; coiscfid†	a choiscfidh; a choiscfeas / a gcoiscfidh*; a gcoiscfeas*	coiscfear
conditional		choiscfinn / gcoiscfinn‡‡	choiscfeá / gcoiscfeᇇ	choiscfeadh sé, sí / gcoiscfeadh sé, s퇇	choiscfimis; choiscfeadh muid / gcoiscfimis‡‡; gcoiscfeadh muid‡‡	choiscfeadh sibh / gcoiscfeadh sibh‡‡	choiscfidís; choiscfeadh siad / gcoiscfidís‡‡; gcoiscfeadh siad‡‡	a choiscfeadh / a gcoiscfeadh*	choiscfí / gcoiscf퇇
subjunctive	present	go gcoisce mé; go gcoiscead†	go gcoisce tú; go gcoiscir†	go gcoisce sé, sí	go gcoiscimid; go gcoisce muid	go gcoisce sibh	go gcoisce siad; go gcoiscid†	—	go gcoisctear
	past	dá gcoiscinn	dá gcoiscteá	dá gcoisceadh sé, sí	dá gcoiscimis; dá gcoisceadh muid	dá gcoisceadh sibh	dá gcoiscidís; dá gcoisceadh siad	—	dá gcoisctí
imperative		coiscim	coisc	coisceadh sé, sí	coiscimis	coiscigí; coiscidh†	coiscidís	—	coisctear
verbal noun		cosc
past participle		coiscthe

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Alternative verbal nouns: coisc, coisceadh

Derived terms

• urchoisc

Noun

coisc f (genitive singular coisce)

1. Alternative form of cosc (verbal noun of coisc)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coisc	choisc	gcoisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “coisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coiscim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 168
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN