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Old Irish
Etymology
From com- + céile.
Pronunciation
Noun
coicéile m (nominative plural coicéili)
- (originally) vassal, bondsman (compare céile)
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 51a9
- cocéle glosses cliens
- companion, fellow, friend, comrade
- c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 161b9
Ní arddu feisin quam a chocéle.- He himself is not taller than his companion.
Inflection
| Masculine io-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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coicéile
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coicéileL
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coicéiliL
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| Vocative
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coicéili
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coicéileL
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coicéiliu
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| Accusative
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coicéileN
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coicéileL
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coicéiliuH
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| Genitive
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coicéiliL
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coicéileL
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coicéileN
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| Dative
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coicéiliuL
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coicéilib
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coicéilib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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