cista

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See also: čista, циста, and чиста

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ta

Noun

cista f

  1. tube-shaped bronze vessel

Declension

Further reading

  • cista”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • cista”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cista. Doublet of cesta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.sta/
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Hyphenation: cì‧sta

Noun

cista f (plural ciste)

  1. cist

Further reading

  • cista1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

Noun

cista f (genitive cistae); first declension

  1. a trunk, a chest, a casket

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cista cistae
Genitive cistae cistārum
Dative cistae cistīs
Accusative cistam cistās
Ablative cistā cistīs
Vocative cista cistae

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Asturian: cesta
  • English: cist (learned)
  • French: ciste
  • Galician: cesta
  • Italian: cesta; cista (learned)
  • Portuguese: cesta cista (learned)
  • Romansch: cesta, chaista, chista
  • Spanish: cesta
  • Proto-West Germanic: *kistu (see there for further descendants)

References

  • cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cista”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cista in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • cista”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
  • cista”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cista”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *cěsta.

Alternative forms

Noun

cista f (Cyrillic spelling циста)

  1. (Chakavian, Ikavian) road

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sîsta/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ta

Noun

cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)

  1. cyst
Declension

Etymology 3

From Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡sîsta/
  • Hyphenation: cis‧ta

Noun

cȉsta f (Cyrillic spelling ци̏ста)

  1. cist
Declension

References

  • cista”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
  • cista”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024