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coicthigheas (superseded)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 pymthegnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caghcaíos) /kəiˈkiːsˠ/, (corresponding to the spelling coighcíos) /kəiˈciːsˠ/[1]
(Aran) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caghcaois) /ˈkəikiːʃ/
(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): (as if spelled caighcís) /ˈkəiciːʃ/[2]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): (as if spelled cocais) /ˈkʌkəʃ/

Noun

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

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

coicísiúil (“fortnightly”, adj)

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

M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 189.
Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, 35

“cóicthiges” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“coicthigheas” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 159.
"coicís" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

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[1] M. L. Sjoestedt-Jonval (1938), Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry, Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, p. 189.

[2] Mícheál Ó Siadhail, Learning Irish, 35