coicéile

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • coicle, coicne

Etymology

From com- +‎ céile.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkoɡʲeːlʲe]

Noun

coicéile m (nominative plural coicéili)

  1. (originally) vassal, bondsman (compare céile)
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 51a9
      cocéle glosses cliens
  2. companion, fellow, friend, comrade
    • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 161b9
      Ní arddu feisin quam a chocéle.
      He himself is not taller than his companion.

Inflection

Masculine io-stem
singular dual plural
nominative coicéile coicéileL coicéiliL
vocative coicéili coicéileL coicéiliu
accusative coicéileN coicéileL coicéiliuH
genitive coicéiliL coicéileL coicéileN
dative coicéiliuL coicéilib coicéilib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: coigéile

References

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