cóic

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Old Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Celtic *kʷenkʷe. Lengthening *e > is expected, but the shift to /oː/ is not. From Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe.[1]

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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Old Irish cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : cóic
    Ordinal : cóiced
    Personal : cóicer

cóic

  1. five
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Descendants

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  • Irish: cúig
  • Manx: queig
  • Scottish Gaelic: còig

Mutation

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

References

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  1. ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cóic”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-142f.

Further reading

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