coíca

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷekonts, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷedḱomt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoːi̯ɡa/

Numeral

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

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

  • Middle Irish: coícad

Mutation

Mutation of coíca
radical lenition nasalization
coíca choíca coíca
pronounced with /ɡ-/

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

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