císte

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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

Noun

císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

  1. cake
    Synonym: cáca milis
  2. 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

Mutation

Mutated forms of císte
radical lenition eclipsis
císte chíste gcíste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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