coiste
See also: cóiste
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish coiste (“jury”), from Old French queste.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɔʃtʲə/[2], /ˈkɨʃtʲə/[3]
- (Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔʃtʲə/[4][5] (corresponding to the form goiste)
Noun
coiste m (genitive singular coiste, nominative plural coistí)
Declension
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Derived terms
- buanchoiste (“standing committee”)
- fochoiste (“subcommittee”)
Mutation
| 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
- ^ “coiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, page 126, line 888
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 428, page 138
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “coiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 169
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Middle Irish
Alternative forms
- cúaiste
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French queste.
Noun
coiste m
Descendants
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language