cói

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kowixs.

Pronunciation

Noun

cói f (genitive cuach, nominative plural cauig)

  1. cuckoo bird

Inflection

Feminine k-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative cói cauigL cauig
Vocative cói cauigL cuacha
Accusative cauigN cauigL cuacha
Genitive cuach cuach cuachN
Dative cauigL cuachaib cuachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

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

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) cói (, )

  1. certain species in the family Cyperaceae, chiefly within the genus Cyperus
    chiếu cóimats woven from these species