cousir

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cousir (“to examine”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Gothic 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍃𐌾𐌰𐌽 (kausjan), from Proto-Germanic *kauzijaną (“to choose, taste, test”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- (“to choose, taste”). Compare French choisir, English choose.

Verb

cousir (first-person singular present couso, first-person singular preterite cousín, past participle cousido)

  1. (archaic) to distinguish, discern
    Synonym: decerner
  2. (archaic) to act judiciously, after careful consideration

Conjugation
Conjugation of cousir
singular plural
person first second third first second third
Infinitive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal cousir
personal cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousiren
Gerund
cousindo
Past participle singular plural
masculine cousido cousidos
feminine cousida cousidas
Indicative eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present couso couses couse cousimos cousides cousen
imperfect cousía cousías cousía cousiamos cousiades cousían
preterite cousín cousiches cousiu cousimos cousistes cousiron
pluperfect cousira cousiras cousira cousiramos cousirades cousiran
future cousirei cousirás cousirá cousiremos cousiredes cousirán
conditional cousiría cousirías cousiría cousiriamos cousiriades cousirían
Subjunctive eu ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
present cousa cousas cousa cousamos cousades cousan
preterite cousise cousises cousise cousísemos cousísedes cousisen
future cousir cousires cousir cousirmos cousirdes cousiren
Imperative – ti el/ela/Vde. nós vós eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative – couse cousa cousamos couside cousan
negative – cousas cousa cousamos cousades cousan

Derived terms
  • Cousido (“Judicious”), a surname
  • Coto Cousido (“Distinguished hill”), a hill name

References
  • “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “cousi” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “cousir” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
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