císte

See also: ciste and -ciste

Irish

Etymology

From dialectal English keech (“cake”), probably from Middle English kichel, kechel, from Old English cyċel, *cēċel, from Proto-Germanic *kakilaz, *kōkilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, *kōkô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈciːʃtʲə/[1]

Noun

císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

  1. cake
    Synonym: cáca milis
  2. tart

Declension

Declension of císte (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative císte cístí
vocative a chíste a chístí
genitive císte cístí
dative císte cístí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an císte na cístí
genitive an chíste na gcístí
dative leis an gcíste
don chíste 		leis na cístí

Derived terms

  • císte aráin choirce
  • císte caife
  • císte cairéid
  • císte cáise
  • císte fuidrimh
  • císte gridille
  • císte marmarach
  • císte milis
  • císte reoánta
  • císte ríse
  • císte seacláide
  • císte sinséir
  • císte spúinse
  • císte steaimpí
  • císte tae
  • císte torthaí
  • císte uachtair
  • císte úll
  • meascán císte

Mutation

Mutated forms of císte
radical lenition eclipsis
císte chíste gcíste

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 134, page 70

Further reading

  • “císte”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 142
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