coigéile

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coicéile. By surface analysis, comh- +‎ céile.

Noun

coigéile m (genitive singular coigéile, nominative plural coigéilí)

1. companion, workmate, comrade

Declension

Declension of coigéile (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coigéile coigéilí vocative a choigéile a choigéilí genitive coigéile coigéilí dative coigéile coigéilí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coigéile na coigéilí genitive an choigéile na gcoigéilí dative leis an gcoigéile don choigéile leis na coigéilí

Mutation

Mutated forms of coigéile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coigéile	choigéile	gcoigéile

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cóigéile”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}