coisc

== Irish == === Alternative forms === cosc coisg, cosg (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cosg. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɞʃc/ === Verb === coisc (present analytic coisceann, future analytic coiscfidh, verbal noun cosc, past participle coiscthe) to check (control, limit, halt), restrain, suppress, hold back, hinder Synonym: bac to prevent, stop, block (out), obviate, preclude to forbid, prohibit, proscribe, ban, bar [with ar and person] to stanch, stem, keep back to wean Synonym: scoith to parry to cease [with de ‘from’] Synonym: stad to slake, allay (thirst, hunger) (finance) to freeze (assets) Synonym: reoigh ==== Conjugation ==== Alternative verbal nouns: coisc, coisceadh ==== Derived terms ==== urchoisc === Noun === coisc f (genitive singular coisce) alternative form of cosc (verbal noun of coisc) === Mutation === === References === === Further reading === Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coiscim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 168 Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN