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/

Noun

císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

1. cake

   Synonym: cáca milis

2. tart

Declension

Declension of císte (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative císte cístí vocative a chíste a chístí genitive císte cístí dative císte cístí forms with the definite article case 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.

Further reading

• “cake”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “tart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• 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
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 70