Irish
- dioces, dioséis, diosis (obsolete)[1][2][3]
- deoiseas, díoghóise, díoghóiste[4]
Etymology
From Old French diocese, from Late Latin diocēsis, 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 (fourth declension)
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Synonyms
- (diocese): easpagóideacht
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of deoise
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lenition
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eclipsis
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dheoise
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ndeoise
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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), “dioces”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “dioséis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “diosis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ “deoise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 481, page 154
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “díoġóiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 338; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deoise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
