cóiced

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, [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

Mutation of cóiced

radical	lenition	nasalization
cóiced	chóiced	cóiced pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoː.ɡʲəð/
  • (Blasse) [ˈkoː.ɡʲeð]
  • (Griffith) [ˈkoː.ɡʲəð]

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

*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

Derived terms

• Cóiced Muman

Descendants

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

Mutation

Mutation of cóiced

radical	lenition	nasalization
cóiced	chóiced	cóiced pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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