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See also: coiste
Irish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Middle French coche, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cóiste m (genitive singular cóiste, nominative plural cóistí)
- coach (wheeled vehicle drawn by horse power); carriage
- side-car, jaunting-car
Declension
[edit]Declension of cóiste
Derived terms
[edit]- capall cóiste (“coach-horse”)
- cóiste bodhar (“headless coach, ghostly funeral hearse”)
- cóiste capaill (“horse-drawn coach”)
- cóiste ceithre chapall (“coach and four”)
- cóiste codlata (“sleeping-car”)
- cóiste dhá chapall (“coach and pair”)
- cóiste inscoite (“slip-carriage, slip-coach”)
- cóiste linbh, naíchóiste (“baby carriage, pram”)
- cóiste na marbh, marbhchóiste (“(funeral) hearse”)
- cóiste paisinéirí (“passenger coach”)
- giolla cóiste (“(carriage) footman”)
- mótarchóiste (“motor coach”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cóiste | chóiste | gcóiste |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN