coisinn

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish con·sní (“contend; strive for; cost”).

Verb

coisinn (past choisinn, future coisinnidh, verbal noun cosnadh, past participle coisinnte)

1. earn, get, acquire
2. win, gain

Related terms

• cion-cosnaidh (“unemployment”)
• cosnaiche (“employee”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
coisinn	choisinn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.