coicís

coicís

See also: coicis

Irish

Alternative forms

• coicthigheas (superseded)
• caoicidhis, caoicís, cóicidhis, coicíos, cóicíos, cóicís, coicthidhis, coicthighis, cóicthighis, coigdhís, cóigthidhis, coigthigheas, coigthighis (obsolete)
• coighcíos (Munster)

Etymology

From Old Irish cóicthiges, apparently a compound of cóic (“five”) and deich (“ten”); compare Welsh pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”) and Breton pemzektez (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen days”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caghcaíos) /kəiˈkiːsˠ/, (corresponding to the spelling coighcíos) /kəiˈciːsˠ/[1]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caghcaois) /ˈkɑikiːʃ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caighcís) /ˈkəiciːʃ/[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɨ̞kiːʃ/, (older) /ˈkɨ̞kɯːʃ/[3]; /ˈkʌkiːʃ/[4]

Noun

coicís f (genitive singular coicíse, nominative plural coicísí or coicíseacha)

1. 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.

   • 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.

   • 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, printed in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études 270. Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, p. 194:

     Do bhí coighcíos acu i dteannta a chéile go cómpórdach, ach aon tráthnóna amháin ghaibh an captaen amach, agus Máire le n-a chois.

     They had a fortnight together comfortably, but one evening the captain went out, and Mary along with him.

Declension

Declension of coicís

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coicís coicísí Vocative a choicís a choicísí Genitive coicíse coicísí Dative coicís coicísí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an choicís na coicísí Genitive na coicíse na gcoicísí Dative leis an gcoicís don choicís leis na coicísí

Alternative plural: coicíseacha

Derived terms

• coicíseán
• coicísiúil

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

1. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 189
2. O'Siadhail, Micheal (1988) Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 35
3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 28
4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 41

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóicthiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coicthigheas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coicís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “coicís” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “coicís” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• “coicís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy