coisí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cois +‎ -í.

Noun

coisí m (genitive singular coisí, nominative plural coisithe)

  1. walker, pedestrian; (foot-)traveller
  2. (military) foot soldier, infantryman
    Synonym: saighdiúir coise
  3. pedestal (of camera)
    Synonym: coisí ceamara

Declension
Declension of coisí

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coisí coisithe
Vocative a choisí a choisithe
Genitive coisí coisithe
Dative coisí coisithe

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an coisí na coisithe
Genitive an choisí na gcoisithe
Dative leis an gcoisí

don choisí

 leis na coisithe

Derived terms
  • coisíocht (“pace, gait; foot-travel”)
  • droichead coisithe (“footbridge, pedestrian bridge, overpass”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coisí choisí gcoisí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "coisí" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “coisige” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “coisiḋe” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • Entries containing “coisí” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “coisí” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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