cosúlacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cosmhalacht (superseded spelling)

Etymology

From cosúil (“like, resembling”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cosúlacht f (genitive singular cosúlachta, nominative plural cosúlachtaí)

  1. likeness; appearance, resemblance
    Synonym: cosúilt

Declension
Declension of cosúlacht

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cosúlacht cosúlachtaí
Vocative a chosúlacht a chosúlachtaí
Genitive cosúlachta cosúlachtaí
Dative cosúlacht cosúlachtaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chosúlacht na cosúlachtaí
Genitive na cosúlachta na gcosúlachtaí
Dative leis an gcosúlacht

don chosúlacht

 leis na cosúlachtaí

Derived terms
  • ciorcal cosúlachta (“circle of similitude”)
  • de réir cosúlachta (“to all appearances”)
  • lárphointe cosúlachta (“centre of similitude”)
  • cosúlaigh (“liken”, transitive verb)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cosúlacht chosúlacht gcosúlacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cosúlacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “appearance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • “likeness”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • “resemblance”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
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