Irish
- coigcrícheach, coigcrigheach, coigcrígheach, coigcrioch, coigrigheach, coigrígheach (obsolete)
- coigcríoch (superseded)
Etymology
From Middle Irish coicrích (“border, march, neighbouring or foreign territory”), from Old Irish com- + crích (“boundary, limit, end”). Cognate Manx cagliagh.
Pronunciation
- (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈkoːkɾˠiə/, /ˈkoːcɾʲiə/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkɨɟ(ə)ɾʲiː/[2] (corresponding to the dative coigrích)
Noun
coigríoch f (genitive singular coigríche, nominative plural coigríocha)
- (literary) neighbouring place
- strange place, foreign country
Declension
Declension of coigríoch (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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coigríoch
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coigríocha
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| vocative
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a choigríoch
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a choigríocha
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| genitive
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coigríche
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coigríoch
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| dative
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coigríoch
coigrích (in certain phrases)
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coigríocha
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of coigríoch
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| coigríoch
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choigríoch
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gcoigríoch
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 159
- ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959), Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 448, page 167; reprinted 1979
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coicrích”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coigríoċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 220; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coigríoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN