# cóiced
## Middle Irish
### Etymology

From Old Irish cóiced, from Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos.

### Pronunciation

* (earlier) IPA: /ˈkoːɡʲəð/
* (later) IPA: /ˈkoːɡʲəɣ/

### Adjective

cóiced
* fifth
** c. 1000, anonymous author, edited by Rudolf Thurneysen, Scéla Mucca Meic Dathó, Dublin: Stationery Office, published 1935, § 1, page 1, line 7:Is ⟨s⟩í sin in chōiced bruden ro·boī i nHērinn isind aimsir sin, ocus bruden Da-Derg i crích Cūalann ocus bruden Ḟorgaill Manaich ocus bruden Me[i]c Da-Rēo i mBrēfni ocus bruden Da-Choca i n‑īarthur Midi.That is one of the five halls that were (lit. “That is the fifth hall that was”) in Ireland at that time, [the others being] also the hall of Da-Derg in the territory of Cúalu, and the hall of Forgall Manach, and the hall of Mac Dareo in Bréifne, and the hall of Da-Choca in the west of Meath.

#### Descendants

* Irish: cúigiú
* Manx: queiggoo
* Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóiced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

## Old Irish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkoːɡʲeð]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷetos.

#### Adjective

cóiced
* fifth

##### Inflection

o/ā-stem :
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cóiced | cóiced | cóiced |
| Vocative | cóicid* cóiced** | cóiced | cóiced |
| Accusative | cóiced | cóicid | cóiced |
| Genitive | cóicid | cóicide, cóicthe | cóicid |
| Dative | cóiciud | cóicid | cóiciud |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | Feminine/neuter |
| Nominative | cóicid | cóiceda | cóiceda |
| Vocative | cóicedu cóiceda† | cóiceda | cóiceda |
| Accusative | cóicedu cóiceda† | cóiceda | cóiceda |
| Genitive | cóiced | cóiced | cóiced |
| Dative | cóicedaib | cóicedaib | cóicedaib |
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative † not when substantivized |

##### Descendants

* Middle Irish: cóiced
** Irish: cúigiú
** Manx: queiggoo
** Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

cóiced n (genitive cóicid)
* fifth (fraction)
* province (fifth part of Ireland)

##### Inflection

Neuter o-stem :
| | Singular | Dual | Plural |
| Nominative | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^L$, cóiceda |
| Vocative | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^L$, cóiceda |
| Accusative | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^N$ | cóiced$^L$, cóiceda |
| Genitive | cóicid$^L$ | cóiced | cóiced$^N$ |
| Dative | cóiciud$^L$ | cóicedaib | cóicedaib |
| Initial mutations of a following adjective: $^H$ = triggers aspiration $^L$ = triggers lenition $^N$ = triggers nasalization ||||

##### Derived terms

* Cóiced Muman

##### Descendants

* Irish: cúige
* Manx: queiggey
* Scottish Gaelic: còigeamh

### Further reading

* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóiced”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language