cói

See also: Appendix:Variations of "coi"

Old Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kowixs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯/

Noun

cói f (genitive cúach, nominative plural cauig)

  1. cuckoo bird

Inflection

Feminine k-stem
singular dual plural
nominative cói cauigL cauig
vocative cói cauigL cúacha
accusative cauigN cauigL cúacha
genitive cúach cúach cúachN
dative cauigL cúachaib cúachaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: cúach
    • Irish: cuach
    • Manx: cooag
    • Scottish Gaelic: cuach

Mutation

Mutation of cói
radical lenition nasalization
cói chói cói
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier cây) cói • (檜, 薈)

  1. certain species in the family Cyperaceae, chiefly within the genus Cyperus
    chiếu cói ― mats woven from these species
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