cóiced

Middle Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɡʲeð/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɡʲeɣ/

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, [the others being] 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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóiced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːɡʲeð/

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

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

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

Descendants

• Irish: cúige
• Manx: queiggey
• Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóiced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language