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cosgais

cosgais

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cosgais f (genitive singular cosgaise, plural cosgaisean)

  1. cost, expense, expenditure
  2. (dated) periodical allowance to servants sent to their houses

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9