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cosúil
cosúil
Irish
Alternative forms
- cosmhail (obsolete)
Adjective
cosúil (genitive singular masculine cosúil, genitive singular feminine cosúla, plural cosúla, comparative cosúla)
- resembling, like (followed by le)
- Is cosúil lena athair é.
- He looks like his father.
- Is cosúil lena athair é.
Declension
Declension of cosúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cosúil | cosúil¹ | cosúla³ | |
| Vocative | cosúil¹ | cosúla | ||
| Genitive | cosúil¹ (archaic) cosúla¹ |
cosúla | cosúla | cosúil |
| Dative | cosúil² | cosúil¹ | cosúla³ | |
| Comparative | níos cosúla | |||
| Superlative | is cosúla | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible 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. | ||