coitchen
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Old Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos[1][2].
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
coitchen
- common, mutual, shared
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d12
- Is coitchen do cechtar de ainm alaili.
- Common to each of them is the name of the other.
- 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. 50a3
- .i. huare nád·n-étada diṅgrae saingnuste dia inni amal adid·chotatsat gnusi doacaldmacha olchenae. patronomica possesiva rl. Aní ba choitchen doaib-sem huili iarum iṡ nomen diles do-som.
- i.e. because it hasn't gotten a special appellation from its meaning as other appellative species have (patronymics, possessives, etc.). What was common to them all [denominativi] then, is a proper name for this [i.e. denominativum].
- c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14d12
Inflection[edit]
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | coitchen | coitchen | coitchen |
| Vocative | coitchin* coitchen** | ||
| Accusative | coitchen | coitchin | |
| Genitive | coitchin | coitchine | coitchin |
| Dative | coitchiun | coitchin | coitchiun |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | coitchin | coitchena | |
| Vocative | coitchenu coitchena† | ||
| Accusative | coitchenu coitchena† | ||
| Genitive | coitchen | ||
| Dative | coitchenaib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Irish: coitchend, coitchenn
- Irish: coiteann
- Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann
- Manx: cadjin
Mutation[edit]
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| coitchen | choitchen | coitchen pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “coitchenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
References[edit]
- ^ Joseph Vendryes, Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien
- ^ T. F. O’Rahilly, Ériu 13:158