coitchen

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• coitchenn, coitchent

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kom-teges-nos.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkotʲxʲen͈]

Adjective

coitchen

1. common, mutual, shared
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 14^d12

     Is coitchen do cechtar de ainm alaili.

     Common to each of them is the name of the other.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 53^b27

     Foilsigidir són ⁊ do·adbat nertad coitchen do chách .i. ara·ngé cách Día amal dund·rigni-som ⁊ rond·cechladar […]

     He reveals this and shows a common exhortation to everyone, i.e. that everyone should pray to God as he did, and that he will hear him […]

   • 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. 50^a3

     .i. huare nád·n-étada diṅgrae saingnuste dia inni amal adid·chotatsat gnusi doacaldmacha olchenae. patronomica possesiva rl. Aní ba choitchen doaib-sem huili iarum iṡ nomen diles do-som.

     i.e. because it hasn't gotten a special appellation from its meaning as other appellative species have (patronymics, possessives, etc.). What was common to them all [denominativi] then, is a proper name for this [i.e. denominativum].

Inflection

o/ā-stem
Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	coitchen	coitchen	coitchen
Vocative	coitchin* coitchen**
Accusative	coitchen	coitchin
Genitive	coitchin	coitchine	coitchin
Dative	coitchiun	coitchin	coitchiun
Plural	Masculine	Feminine/neuter
Nominative	coitchin	coitchena
Vocative	coitchenu coitchena†
Accusative	coitchenu coitchena†
Genitive	coitchen
Dative	coitchenaib
Notes	*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized

Derived terms

• coitchennas

Descendants

• Middle Irish: coitchend, coitchenn
  • Irish: coiteann
  • Scottish Gaelic: coitcheann
  • Manx: cadjin

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
coitchen	choitchen	coitchen pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coitchenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language