coisrig
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃɾʲɪc/
=== Verb ===
coisrig (present analytic coisrigeann, future analytic coisrigfidh, verbal noun coisreagadh, past participle coisrigthe)
Ulster form of coisric
==== Conjugation ====
=== Mutation ===
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish coisecraid, coisricid, from Old Irish con·secra (“to consecrate”), from Latin cōnsecrō (“to consecrate”). Cognate with Irish coisric.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkʰɔʃɾʲɪc/
=== Verb ===
coisrig (past choisrig, future coisrigidh, verbal noun coisrigeadh, past participle coisrigte)
consecrate, sanctify
devote
Choisrig e a bheatha do dh'adhbhar na saorsa. ― He devoted his life to the cause of freedom.
dedicate (a book, etc.)
bless
anoint
addict
==== Usage notes ====
Used with the preposition do.
==== Derived terms ====
mì-choisrig (“desecrate”)
=== References ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “coisrig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secra”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language