"ceist" meaning in Irish

See ceist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /cɛʃtʲ/
Etymology: From Old Irish ceist, from Latin quaestiō. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|ceist}} Old Irish ceist, {{der|ga|la|quaestiō}} Latin quaestiō Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ceiste|||||||nominative plural|ceisteanna|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} ceist f (genitive singular ceiste, nominative plural ceisteanna), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eanna}} ceist f (genitive singular ceiste, nominative plural ceisteanna) Inflection templates: {{ga-decl-f2|c|eist|eiste|pl=eisteanna}}, {{ga-mut}} Forms: ceiste [genitive, singular], ceisteanna [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceist [indefinite, nominative, singular], ceisteanna [indefinite, nominative, plural], a cheist [indefinite, singular, vocative], a cheisteanna [indefinite, plural, vocative], ceiste [genitive, indefinite, singular], ceisteanna [genitive, indefinite, plural], ceist [dative, indefinite, singular], ceisteanna [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cheist [definite, nominative, singular], na ceisteanna [definite, nominative, plural], na ceiste [definite, genitive, singular], na gceisteanna [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gceist [dative, definite, singular], don cheist [dative, definite, singular], leis na ceisteanna [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ceist [mutation, mutation-radical], cheist [lenition, mutation], gceist [eclipsis, mutation]
  1. question (+ ar (“for”)) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Communication Derived forms: aincheist (english: dilemma) [feminine], ceisteach (english: questioning, interrogative) [adjective], ceistigh (english: question) [verb], croscheist (english: cross-question) [feminine], focheist (english: minor, subordinate question; odd, occasional inquiry) [feminine], i gceist (english: in question)
    Sense id: en-ceist-ga-noun-Xhb4Z-ze Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "singular"
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    {
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        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don cheist",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "leis na ceisteanna",
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