cisteanach

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

cisteanach

  1. genitive singular of cistin

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish cistenach.[2]

Noun

cisteanach f (genitive singular cisteanaí, nominative plural cisteanacha)

  1. Cois Fharraige form of cistin (“kitchen”)
Declension
Declension of cisteanach (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cisteanach cisteanacha
vocative a chisteanach a chisteanacha
genitive cisteanaí cisteanach
dative cisteanach
cisteanaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		cisteanacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chisteanach na cisteanacha
genitive na cisteanaí na gcisteanach
dative leis an gcisteanach
leis an gcisteanaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chisteanach
don chisteanaigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na cisteanacha

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of cisteanach
radical lenition eclipsis
cisteanach chisteanach gcisteanach

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

References

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht [The Irish of Cois Fharraige: Accidence] (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath , page 317
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cistenach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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