coscrach

Irish

Alternative forms

coscarach, coscarthach
cosccrach, cosgarach, cosgarthach, cosgrach (obsolete)^[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish coscarach, coscrach (“victorious, triumphant”).^[2] By surface analysis, coscair +‎ -ach.

Adjective

coscrach (genitive singular masculine coscraigh, genitive singular feminine coscraí, plural coscracha, comparative coscraí)

bloodcurdling
shattering, stunning, shocking
distressing, harrowing, agonizing, nerve-racking
(literary) victorious, triumphant
heartrending, heartbreaking
moving (that causes someone to feel emotion), wrenching

Declension

Declension of coscrach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	coscrach	choscrach	coscracha; choscracha²
Vocative	choscraigh	choscrach	coscracha
Genitive	choscraigh	coscraí	coscracha	coscrach
Dative	coscrach; choscrach¹	choscrach; choscraigh (archaic)	coscracha; choscracha²
Comparative	níos coscraí
Superlative	is coscraí

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

Synonyms

(distressing, harrowing, agonizing): anacrach, léanmhar
(victorious, triumphant): caithréimeach

Derived terms

Coscrach (given name)
Mac Coscraigh (surname)
- English: McCoskrie
Ó Coscraigh (surname)
- English: Cosgrave, Cosgriff, Cosgrove

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coscrach	choscrach	gcoscrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

^ “coscrach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cosc(a)rach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language