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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coigríoch	choigríoch	gcoigríoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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