Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish coláisde, coláiste, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
coláiste m or f (genitive singular coláiste, nominative plural coláistí)
- college
Declension
Declension of coláiste (fourth declension)
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- Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of coláiste (fourth declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of coláiste
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lenition
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eclipsis
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choláiste
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gcoláiste
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “coláiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 279, page 138
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 157
- ^ Ó Searcaigh, Séamus (1925) Foghraidheacht Ghaedhilge an Tuaiscirt [Pronunciation of Northern Irish][1] (in Irish), Béal Feirste [Belfast]: Brún agus Ó Nualláin [Browne and Nolan], section 214, page 93
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “coláiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “coláiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “coláiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025