deoise
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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis), from διοικέω (dioikéō).
Pronunciation
Noun
deoise f (genitive singular deoise, nominative plural deoisí)
- (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) diocese (region administered by a bishop)
- (historical) diocese (administrative division of the Roman Empire)
Declension
Declension of deoise
Derived terms
nouns
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| deoise | dheoise | ndeoise |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “deoise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deoise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN