What is the Irish Gaelic word for cousin?

Answer 1

First cousin is col ceathrar

Second cousin is col seisear

Third cousin is col ochtar

However to say 'We are first cousins' you use this idiom

'Tá muid a dó is a dó le chéile.'

Answer 2

Celtic is not a single language: it is a language family like 'Slavic', 'Germanic' or 'Romance'.

Within this family are Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx Gaelic, all separate languages. Another branch includes Welsh, Breton, and the revived Cornish, likewise all separate languages.

To say first cousin would be:

col ceathrar (Irish)

co-ogha (Scottish Gaelic)

In Welsh, gender is indicated:

cefnder (male cousin)

cyfnither (female cousin)

Answer 3

col ceathracha