coiste

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See also: cóiste

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish coiste (jury), from Old French queste.

Pronunciation

Noun

coiste m (genitive singular coiste, nominative plural coistí)

  1. committee
  2. jury

Declension

Declension of coiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative coiste coistí
vocative a choiste a choistí
genitive coiste coistí
dative coiste coistí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an coiste na coistí
genitive an choiste na gcoistí
dative leis an gcoiste
don choiste
leis na coistí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of coiste
radical lenition eclipsis
coiste choiste gcoiste

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

References

  1. ^ coiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 74, page 20; reprinted 1988
  3. ^ Hamilton, John Noel (1974) A Phonetic Study of the Irish of Tory Island, Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 3), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University Belfast, page 258
  4. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 126, line 888
  5. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 428, page 138

Further reading

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French queste.

Noun

coiste m

  1. jury

Descendants

  • Irish: coiste
  • Scottish Gaelic: coiste

Further reading