coisí

Irish

Alternative forms

• coisidhe (superseded)
• coisíoch

Etymology

From cois +‎ -í.

Noun

coisí m (genitive singular coisí, nominative plural coisithe)

1. walker, pedestrian; (foot-)traveller
2. (military) foot soldier, infantryman

   Synonym: saighdiúir coise

3. pedestal (of camera)

   Synonym: coisí ceamara

Declension

Declension of coisí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative coisí coisithe vocative a choisí a choisithe genitive coisí coisithe dative coisí coisithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an coisí na coisithe genitive an choisí na gcoisithe dative leis an gcoisí don choisí leis na coisithe

Derived terms

• coisíocht
• droichead coisithe
• teorannú do choisithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of coisí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coisí	choisí	gcoisí

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) “coisí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coisige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coisiḋe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 168
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coisí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “coisí”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024