Cóisis

Irish

Etymology

From Xhosa Xhosa + -is.

Proper noun

Cóisis f (genitive Cóisise)

1. the Xhosa language

Declension

Declension of Cóisis

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Cóisis Vocative a Chóisis Genitive Cóisise Dative Cóisis

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Chóisis Genitive na Cóisise Dative leis an gCóisis don Chóisis

Related terms

• Cóiseach (“Xhosa”, adjective)
• Cóiseach m (“a Xhosa person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cóisis	Chóisis	gCóisis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Xhosa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024