ciste

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See also: císte, čiste, čisté, čistě, -ciste, and цисте

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

ciste f (plural cistes)

  1. cista

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish ciste, perhaps via Old English ċist, ċest, but at any rate from Latin cista.

Pronunciation

Noun

ciste m (genitive singular ciste, nominative plural cistí)

  1. chest, coffer
  2. treasure, fund
  3. (burial) cist

Declension

Declension of ciste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ciste cistí
Vocative a chiste a chistí
Genitive ciste cistí
Dative ciste cistí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ciste na cistí
Genitive an chiste na gcistí
Dative leis an gciste

don chiste

leis na cistí

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciste chiste gciste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃi.ste/
  • Rhymes: -iste
  • Hyphenation: cì‧ste

Noun

ciste f (plural cisti)

  1. Alternative form of cisti (“cyst”)

Anagrams

Portuguese

Noun

ciste m (plural cistes)

  1. (rare) Obsolete spelling of cisto

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ciste f (plural cisteachan)

  1. chest, box
  2. coffin

Derived terms

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