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 Case Singular Plural Nominative coigéile coigéilí Vocative a choigéile a choigéilí Genitive coigéile coigéilí Dative coigéile coigéilí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an coigéile na coigéilí Genitive an choigéile na gcoigéilí Dative leis an gcoigéile don choigéile leis na coigéilí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coigéile	choigéile	gcoigéile
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóigéile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}