adcosnai

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Old Irish

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Etymology

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From ad- +‎ com- +‎ sníid (to contend, struggle).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ad·cosnai (prototonic ·ascnai, verbal noun ascnam)

  1. to strive after
  2. to proceed

For quotations using this term, see Citations:adcosnai.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Irish: ascain (to proceed towards)

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
ad·cosnai ad·chosnai ad·cosnai
pronounced with /-ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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