císte
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editcíste m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)
- cake
- Synonym: cáca milis
- tart
Declension
editDeclension of císte
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- “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
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- ga:Desserts
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