coigéile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coicéile. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ céile.

Noun

coigéile m (genitive singular coigéile, nominative plural coigéilí)

  1. companion, workmate, comrade

Declension

Declension of coigéile (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative coigéile coigéilí
vocative a choigéile a choigéilí
genitive coigéile coigéilí
dative coigéile coigéilí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an coigéile na coigéilí
genitive an choigéile na gcoigéilí
dative leis an gcoigéile
don choigéile 		leis na coigéilí

Mutation

Mutated forms of coigéile
radical lenition eclipsis
coigéile choigéile gcoigéile

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “coigéile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
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