Cóisis

Irish

Etymology

From Xhosa Xhosa + -is.

Proper noun

Cóisis f (genitive Cóisise)

1. the Xhosa language

Declension

Declension of Cóisis (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cóisis vocative a Chóisis genitive Cóisise dative Cóisis forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Chóisis genitive na Cóisise dative leis an gCóisis don Chóisis

Related terms

• Cóiseach (“Xhosa”, adjective)
• Cóiseach m (“a Xhosa person”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cóisis

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cóisis	Chóisis	gCóisis

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

Further reading

• “Xhosa”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024