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coicís
coicís
See also: coicis
Irish
Alternative forms
- cóicthighis, coicthighis (obsolete)
- coicíos, cóicíos, cóicís
Noun
coicís f (genitive singular coicíse, nominative plural coicísí)
- fortnight
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 146:
- tā šē imī lē kaikīš.
- conventional orthography: Tá sé imithe le coicís.
- He’s been gone for a fortnight.
- conventional orthography: Tá sé imithe le coicís.
- tā šē imī lē kaikīš.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 146:
- ȷ imə šē kaikīš ō hin.
- conventional orthography: D’imigh sé coicís ó shin.
- He left a fortnight ago.
- conventional orthography: D’imigh sé coicís ó shin.
- ȷ imə šē kaikīš ō hin.
- 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 146:
Declension
Declension of coicís
Second declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- coicísiúil (“fortnightly”, adj)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
coicís | choicís | gcoicís |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- ↑ Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, 35
- "coicís" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.