consecha

Old Irish

Etymology

From com- +‎ seichid, from Proto-Celtic *sekʷeti (“to say”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /konˈsʲe.xa/

Verb

con·secha (prototonic ·cosca, verbal noun cosc) (abbreviated ɔsecha)

1. to reprove, admonish, correct
2. to keep in check, hinder, prevent; staunch (wounds)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:consecha.

Conjugation

Complex, class A I and A II present, s preterite, f future, a subjunctive

		active						passive
		singular			plural			singular	plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
present indicative	deut.			con·secha			con·sechat	con·sechthar
	prot.								·coscitir; ·coisctir
imperfect indicative	deut.	con·sechainn
	prot.			·coisced
preterite	deut.			con·sech
	prot.			·coisc				·coscad	·coiscset
perfect	deut.			ro·coisc				ro·coscad
	prot.								ro·coiscset
future	deut.							con·sechfider
	prot.						·coiscfet
conditional	deut.
	prot.
present subjunctive	deut.
	prot.		·coisci	·cosca
past subjunctive	deut.
	prot.
imperative			cosaig	coisced		coscid		coiseccar; coscther
verbal noun		cosc
past participle		coiscthe
verbal of necessity

Descendants

• Middle Irish: coiscid
  • Irish: coisc
  • Scottish Gaelic: caisg

Mutation

Mutation of con·secha

radical	lenition	nasalization
con·secha	con·secha	con·secha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language