coicéile
Old Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
coicéile m (nominative plural coicéili)
- (originally) vassal, bondsman (compare céile)
- 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.
- 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
Inflection edit
Masculine io-stem | |||
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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:
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Derived terms edit
- coicéilsine (“comradeship, friendship”)
Descendants edit
- Irish: coigéile
References edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coicéile”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language