# coicís
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* coicthigheas (superseded)
* caoicidhis, caoicís, cóicidhis, coicíos, cóicíos, cóicís, coicthidhis, coicthighis, cóicthighis, coigdhís, cóigthidhis, coigthigheas, coigthighis (obsolete)
* coighcíos (Munster)

### Etymology

From Old Irish cóicthiges, apparently a compound of cóic (“five”) and deich (“ten”); compare Welsh pythefnos (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen nights”) and Breton pemzektez (“fortnight”, literally “fifteen days”). Cognate with Manx kegeesh.

### Pronunciation

* (Munster) IPA: /kəiˈkiːsˠ/ (as if spelled caghcaíos), /kəiˈciːsˠ/ (corresponding to the spelling coighcíos)
* (Aran) IPA: /ˈkaikiːʃ/ (as if spelled caghcaois)
* (Cois Fharraige) IPA: /ˈkaiciːʃ/ (as if spelled coighcís)
* (Mayo) IPA: /ˈkəiciːʃ/ (as if spelled coighcís); /ˈkokiːʃ/ (as if spelled cocaois)
* (Ulster) IPA: /ˈkɨkiːʃ/, (older) /ˈkɨkɯːʃ/; /ˈkʌkiːʃ/ (as if spelled cocaois)

### Noun

coicís f (genitive singular coicíse, nominative plural coicísí or coicíseacha)
* fortnight
** 1899, Franz Nikolaus Finck, Die araner mundart, volume II (overall work in German), Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146:tā šē imī lē kaikīš.[Tá sé imithe le coicís.]He’s been gone for a fortnight.
    ȷ imə šē kaikīš ō hin.[D’imigh sé coicís ó shin.]He left a fortnight ago.
** 1939, Peig Sayers, “Inghean an Cheannaidhe”, in Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études; 270) (overall work in French), Paris: Librairie Honoré Champion, page 194:Do bhí coighcíos acu i dteannta a chéile go cómpórdach, ach aon tráthnóna amháin ghaibh an captaen amach, agus Máire le n-a chois.They had a fortnight together comfortably, but one evening the captain went out, and Mary along with him.

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
coicís
coicísí
vocative
a choicís
a choicísí
genitive
coicíse
coicísí
dative
coicís
coicísí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an choicís
na coicísí
genitive
na coicíse
na gcoicísí
dative
leis an gcoicís don choicís
leis na coicísí :
Alternative plural: coicíseacha

#### Derived terms

* coicíseán
* coicísiúil

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ “coicís”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóicthiges”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1938) Description d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honoré Champion, page 189
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 146
* ↑ Ó Siadhail, Mícheál (1988) Learning Irish, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 35
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 89, page 20
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 65, page 28
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 103, page 41

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coicthigheas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coicís”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coicís”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “coicís”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024