cóic
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe. Lengthening *e > *ē is expected, but the shift to /oː/ is not. From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Numeral[edit]
| < 4 | 5 | 6 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : cóic Ordinal : cóiced Personal : cóicer | ||
cóic
Related terms[edit]
- coíga (“fifty”)
Descendants[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cóic | chóic | cóic pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cóic”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-142f.
Further reading[edit]
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language