cóiced

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Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cóiced, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos.

Pronunciation

  • (earlier) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɡʲəð/
  • (later) IPA(key): /ˈkoːɡʲəɣ/

Adjective

Middle Irish ordinal numbers
 <  4th 5th 6th  > 
    Cardinal : cóic
    Ordinal : cóiced

cóiced

  1. fifth
    • c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 7:
      Is ⟨s⟩í sin in chōiced bruden ro·boī i nHērinn isind aimsir sin, ocus bruden Da-Derg i crích Cūalann ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich ocus bruden Me[i]c Da-Rēo i mBrēfni ocus bruden Da-Choca i n‑īarthur Midi.
      That is one of the five halls that were (lit. “That is the fifth hall that was”) in Ireland at that time, also the hall of Da-Derg in the territory of Cúalu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Bréifne, and the hall of Da-Choca in the west of Meath.

Descendants

  • Irish: cúigiú
  • Manx: queiggoo
  • Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

Mutation

Middle Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
cóiced chóiced cóiced
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos.

Adjective

Old Irish ordinal numbers
 <  4th 5th 6th  > 
    Cardinal : cóic
    Ordinal : cóiced

cóiced

  1. fifth
Inflection
o/ā-stem
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cóiced cóiced cóiced
Vocative cóicid*
cóiced**
Accusative cóiced cóicid
Genitive cóicid cóicide, cóicthe cóicid
Dative cóiciud cóicid cóiciud
Plural Masculine Feminine/neuter
Nominative cóicid cóiceda
Vocative cóicedu
cóiceda†
Accusative cóicedu
cóiceda†
Genitive cóiced
Dative cóicedaib
Notes *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative

**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Descendants

Etymology 2

Noun

cóiced n (genitive cóicid)

  1. fifth (fraction)
  2. province (fifth part of Ireland)
Inflection
Neuter o-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cóicedN cóicedN cóicedL, cóiceda
Vocative cóicedN cóicedN cóicedL, cóiceda
Accusative cóicedN cóicedN cóicedL, cóiceda
Genitive cóicidL cóiced cóicedN
Dative cóiciudL cóicedaib cóicedaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Descendants

Mutation

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

Further reading

Wikious
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