coíca

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  40 50 60  > 
    Cardinal : coíca
    Ordinal : cóecatmad

coíca

  1. fifty
    • c. 775, “Táin Bó Fraích”, in Book of Leinster; republished as Ernst Windisch, editor, Táin bó Fraích, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1974, line 262:
      Do·tháet Findabair cucai, ⁊ coíca ingen impe.
      Findabair came to [Ailill], with fifty maidens around her.

Inflection[edit]

Masculine nt-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative coíca coícaitL coícait
Vocative coíca coícaitL cóecta
Accusative coícaitN coícaitL cóecta
Genitive coícat coícatL coícatN
Dative coícaitL cóectaib cóectaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: coícad

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
coíca choíca coíca
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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