ciste in Irish

IPA: /ˈcɪʃtʲə/ [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Middle Irish ciste, perhaps via Old English ċist, ċest, but at any rate from Latin cista, which is, in its own turn, derived from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|ciste}} Middle Irish ciste, {{der|ga|ang|ċist}} Old English ċist, {{der|ga|la|cista}} Latin cista, {{der|ga|grc|κίστη}} Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|ciste|||||||nominative plural|cistí|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} ciste m (genitive singular ciste, nominative plural cistí), {{ga-noun|m|~|cistí}} ciste m (genitive singular ciste, nominative plural cistí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: ciste [genitive, singular], cistí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ciste [indefinite, nominative, singular], cistí [indefinite, nominative, plural], a chiste [indefinite, singular, vocative], a chistí [indefinite, plural, vocative], ciste [genitive, indefinite, singular], cistí [genitive, indefinite, plural], ciste [dative, indefinite, singular], cistí [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an ciste [definite, nominative, singular], na cistí [definite, nominative, plural], an chiste [definite, genitive, singular], na gcistí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gciste [dative, definite, singular], don chiste [dative, definite, singular], leis na cistí [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], ciste [error-unrecognized-form], chiste [error-unrecognized-form], gciste [error-unrecognized-form]

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      "english": "treasurer",
      "translation": "treasurer",
      "word": "cisteoir"
    }
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "2": "ang",
        "3": "ċist"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "cista"
      },
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    },
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        "3": "κίστη"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish ciste, perhaps via Old English ċist, ċest, but at any rate from Latin cista, which is, in its own turn, derived from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē).",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cistí",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
      ]
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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    },
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "form": "na gcistí",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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        "singular"
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      "form": "gciste",
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        "13": "",
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        "2": "noun",
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        "5": "",
        "6": "",
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  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
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        "(burial) cist"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcɪʃtʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ciste"
}

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    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish fourth-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish masculine nouns",
    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms derived from Old English",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "gd-noun 2"
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      "english": "treasurer",
      "translation": "treasurer",
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    }
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        "singular"
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        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "a chiste",
      "source": "declension",
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        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
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        "singular"
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "leis na cistí",
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        "definite",
        "plural"
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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          "cist"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈcɪʃtʲə/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ciste"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ciste/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
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"ciste" meaning in Irish

Noun