cói

See also: Appendix:Variations of "coi"

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• cuí

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kowixs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoi̯/

Noun

cói f (genitive cuach, nominative plural cauig)

1. cuckoo bird

Inflection

Feminine k-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	cói	cauigL	cauig
vocative	cói	cauigL	cuacha
accusative	cauigN	cauigL	cuacha
genitive	cuach	cuach	cuachN
dative	cauigL	cuachaib	cuachaib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of cói

radical	lenition	nasalization
cói	chói	cói pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

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

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kɔj˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kɔj˨˩˦]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kɔj˦˥]

Noun

(classifier cây) cói • (檜, 薈)

1. certain species in the family Cyperaceae, chiefly within the genus Cyperus

   chiếu cói ― mats woven from these species