# coisc
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* cosc
* coisg, cosg (oboslete)

### Etymology

From Middle Irish coiscid, from Old Irish con·secha. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic cosg.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʌʃc/

### 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 ‘person’]
    Coiscim ort imeach.I forbid you to leave.
* 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

| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural | relative | autonomous |
| | | first | second | third | first | second | third | relative | autonomous |
| indicative | present | coiscim | coisceann tú; coiscir$^†$ | coisceann sé, sí | coiscimid | coisceann sibh | coisceann siad; coiscid$^†$ | a choisceann; a choisceas / a gcoisceann* | coisctear |
| indicative | past | choisc mé; choisceas | choisc tú; choiscis | choisc sé, sí | choisceamar; choisc muid | choisc sibh; choisceabhair | choisc siad; choisceadar | a choisc / ar choisc* | coisceadh |
| indicative | past habitual | choiscinn / gcoiscinn‡‡ | choiscteá / gcoiscteá‡‡ | choisceadh sé, sí / gcoisceadh sé, sí‡‡ | choiscimis; choisceadh muid / gcoiscimis‡‡; gcoisceadh muid‡‡ | choisceadh sibh / gcoisceadh sibh‡‡ | choiscidís; choisceadh siad / gcoiscidís‡‡; gcoisceadh siad‡‡ | a choisceadh / a gcoisceadh* | choisctí / gcoisctí‡‡ |
| future | future | coiscfidh mé; coiscfead | coiscfidh tú; coiscfir$^†$ | coiscfidh sé, sí | coiscfimid; coiscfidh muid | coiscfidh sibh | coiscfidh siad; coiscfid$^†$ | a choiscfidh; a choiscfeas / a gcoiscfidh* | coiscfear |
| conditional | conditional | choiscfinn / gcoiscfinn‡‡ | choiscfeá / gcoiscfeá‡‡ | choiscfeadh sé, sí / gcoiscfeadh sé, sí‡‡ | choiscfimis; choiscfeadh muid / gcoiscfimis‡‡; gcoiscfeadh muid‡‡ | choiscfeadh sibh / gcoiscfeadh sibh‡‡ | choiscfidís; choiscfeadh siad / gcoiscfidís‡‡; gcoiscfeadh siad‡‡ | a choiscfeadh / a gcoiscfeadh* | choiscfí / gcoiscfí‡‡ |
| subjunctive | present | go gcoisce mé; go gcoiscead$^†$ | go gcoisce tú; go gcoiscir$^†$ | go gcoisce sé, sí | go gcoiscimid; go gcoisce muid | go gcoisce sibh | go gcoisce siad; go gcoiscid$^†$ | — | go gcoisctear |
| subjunctive | past | dá gcoiscinn | dá gcoiscteá | dá gcoisceadh sé, sí | dá gcoiscimis; dá gcoisceadh muid | dá gcoisceadh sibh | dá gcoiscidís; dá gcoisceadh siad | — | dá gcoisctí |
| imperative | imperative | coiscim | coisc | coisceadh sé, sí | coiscimis | coiscigí; coiscidh$^†$ | coiscidís | — | coisctear |
| verbal noun | verbal noun | cosc | cosc | cosc | cosc | cosc | cosc | cosc | cosc |
| past participle | past participle | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe | coiscthe |
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Alternative verbal nouns: coisc, coisceadh

#### Derived terms

* urchoisc

### Noun

coisc f (genitive singular coisce)
* Alternative form of cosc (verbal noun of coisc)

### Further reading

* “coisc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “con·secha”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coiscim”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 168
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN