císte

See also: ciste and -ciste

Irish

Etymology

From dialectal English keech (“cake”), probably from Middle English kichel, kechel, from Old English cyċel, *cēċel, from Proto-Germanic *kakilaz, *kōkilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, *kōkô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈciːʃtʲə/

Noun

císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

cake
Synonym: cáca milis
tart

Declension

Declension of císte

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	císte	cístí
Vocative	a chíste	a chístí
Genitive	císte	cístí
Dative	císte	cístí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an císte	na cístí
Genitive	an chíste	na gcístí
Dative	leis an gcíste don chíste	leis na cístí

Derived terms

císte aráin choirce
císte caife
císte cairéid
císte cáise
císte fuidrimh
císte gridille
císte marmarach
císte milis
císte reoánta
císte ríse
císte seacláide
císte sinséir
císte spúinse
císte steaimpí
císte tae
císte torthaí
císte uachtair
císte úll
meascán císte

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
císte	chíste	gcíste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“cake”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
“tart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 142
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.