Indecl. num. adj. Leniting in nom., accus. and dat.
(see Bergin,
Ériu xi 226
), nasalizing in gen. (
GOI
242
and UR 54
). Later cúic and ch- (see Párl. na mB). Frequ.
written .u.
Five
. As adj.:
do[naib] coic cetaib,
Wb. 13b1
.
forsna
coíc riga,
Ml. 127d6
.
anman nacoic cathrach,
104a4
. c.¤ deich
cóica `five tens, fifty',
Sg. 4a5
.
dobeir na c.¤ ṡéotu,
Críth G.
162
.
c.¤ thoísig,
LL 895
.
c.¤ caiptil uasail,
Fél. Prol. 327
.
cūic cōicidh,
Sc.M² 23
.
cóig nuadhorais (: róid),
Aithd. D.
83.4
.
ag caitheamh na gcúig n-aimsear,
98.4
.
cúig dhíne,
DDána 50.11
.
c.¤ dhoirrsi,
IGT Decl. ex. 410
.
cabhair ciaigh
mo chóig gcéadfadh (: póig),
DDána 67.31
.
fíneáil chúig
bponnt,
Párl. na mB. 516
.
Absol.:
a c.¤
,
Críth G. 355
.
a cúig ┐ cúig an dísle,
Bard. Synt. Tr. 231.14
.
a cúig,
TSh., 1370
. In compd. numerals:
cosnacoic anmanib sechtmugat,
Ml. 38b2
. fo choic sechtmogat `seventy five times',
2c2
.
coic bliadni deac,
16c10
.
coicmíli
ochtmugat archét,
24b17
.
re cuic lá deg,
Stair Erc. 1194
.
Composition-forms
cóic-, cóec-, cáec-, cúic-, cóc-(?),
cúc-.
¤díabul:
brat cóicdíabail,
LU 3286
(
SCC 8
).
bruit corcra cōicdīebail 'purple, five-folded mantles',
BDC 106.44
.
¤díabulta:
brat corcra ... coicdiabulta,
Anecd. i 2.13
(
SCano 29
).
bruit chorcra chōigdhiabhalta 'purple, five-folded mantles',
BDC 226.61
.
lia cloichi cóic-druimneach,
Ériu
iv 152.16
. core coecduirn `five fists deep',
RC xii 84 § 89
.
coiri caecduirn,
YBL 177a16
. cōicdornn fuillechta di ōr
ara druim (of a shield),
TBC-I¹ 2791
. Cf.
cocdhurn .i. sgiath,
O'Cl.
? coigeas .i. cóig éisi .i. cóig slighthe, ib. ?
cuclanna
set .i. iiii ba ┐ samaisc,
O'Dav. 474
. See cuicliunn :
cuicliunn .i. cuic leth
uinge,
O'Curry 95
(
H 3.18, 67
). in cúicraith cétach estate
consisting of 5 `rath's,
Ir. Recht 67.y
,
70.19
. sleg cóicrind,
five-pronged,
LU 7081
(BDD).
sleg cuicrind,
TBC-LL¹ 5350
.
Cf.
coigrinn .i. cóig reanna,
O'Cl.
slegui coigrinnie,
IT iii
238.106
. da ṡleigh coigrinnaithi
five-pronged
,
ZCP viii
550.3
. dá roth chóiri cóicrisi (second element uncertain: ? leg.
cóic-crisi, Sayers
Études Celt. xl 85f.
),
LU 9261
. coicroith oir `five-circlets',
RC xii 60.17
.
ar
cheirnn cúicroith,
BDD² 1036
.
scíath co cóicroth óir fair,
674
. Cf.
cocroth .i. sgiath,
O'Cl.
? cōicriuth co mbūale
umæ `a shield with five circles',
Fianaig. 14.4
. ?
gu cogroth,
MU² 535
v.l.
dí nóe chúicsesschurach,
LU 7200
(BDD) =
cōicsess,
7221
(see
Bidrag 44
,
O'Dav. 478
). Read: chúicsess five-benched boat, five-bencher (curach was originally a gloss)
BDD 111
,
Celtica viii 102
. ? Cóicsius
Focherda (n. loc.),
6241
(TBC). gne naill . . . do hechred:
cuícsrethaid having five lines (a metre),
IT iii 56.4
.
asin
chóicthigi[u] adidngíallna,
Críth G. 355
`from the five
houses', Notes.
coictriall triur,
Ériu xiii 23.22
.
See caiclámach.