cóiste

See also: coiste

Irish

Alternative forms

cóisde (superseded)^[1]

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi.

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːʃtʲə/^[2]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːʃtʲə/

Noun

cóiste m (genitive singular cóiste, nominative plural cóistí)

coach (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power), carriage
coach (long-distance bus)

Declension

Declension of cóiste (fourth declension)

bare forms
	singular	plural
nominative	cóiste	cóistí
vocative	a chóiste	a chóistí
genitive	cóiste	cóistí
dative	cóiste	cóistí

forms with the definite article
	singular	plural
nominative	an cóiste	na cóistí
genitive	an chóiste	na gcóistí
dative	leis an gcóiste don chóiste	leis na cóistí

Derived terms

capall cóiste (“coach-horse”)
cóiste bodhar (“headless coach, ghostly funeral hearse”)
cóiste capaill (“horse-drawn coach”)
cóiste ceithre chapall (“coach and four”)
cóiste codlata (“sleeping-car”)
cóiste dhá chapall (“coach and pair”)
cóiste inscoite (“slip-carriage, slip-coach”)
cóiste linbh, naíchóiste (“baby carriage, pram”)
cóiste na marbh, marbhchóiste (“(funeral) hearse”)
cóiste paisinéirí (“passenger coach”)
giolla cóiste (“(carriage) footman”)
mótarchóiste (“motor coach”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cóiste*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cóiste	chóiste	gcóiste

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

References

^ “cóiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 160

Further reading

Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cóiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN