coigríoch

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish coicrích (“border, march, neighbouring or foreign territory”), from com- + crích (“boundary, limit, end”). Cognate Manx cagliagh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˌkɔɟɪˈɾʲiːx/

Noun

coigríoch f (genitive singular coigríoche, nominative plural coigríocha)

1. (literary) neighbouring place
2. strange place, foreign country

Declension

Declension of coigríoch (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coigríoch coigríocha vocative a choigríoch a choigríocha genitive coigríche coigríoch dative coigríoch coigrích (in certain phrases) coigríocha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an choigríoch na coigríocha genitive na coigríche na gcoigríoch dative leis an gcoigríoch don choigríoch leis na coigríocha

Derived terms

• ar an gcoigríoch (“abroad”)
• coigríochach (“strange, foreign”)
• coigríochta (“strange, foreign”)

Related terms

• críoch

Mutation

Mutated forms of coigríoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coigríoch	choigríoch	gcoigríoch

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coigríoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coigríoch”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language