choíche

Irish

Alternative forms

• a choíche, choidhche, choidhchin

Etymology

From Middle Irish caidche, from Old Irish coidchi (“all day”), from co aidchi (literally “until night”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈxiːhə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈxiːçɪ/

Adverb

choíche

1. ever (chiefly with reference to the future)
2. never (after a negative)

Derived terms

• riamh agus choíche

Further reading

• “choíche”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “caidchi”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ċoiḋċe”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 159
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 53
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “choíche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN