còisir
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See also: cóisir
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish cóisir (“banquet; festive party”).
Noun[edit]
còisir f (genitive singular còisire or còisre, plural còisirean)
- choir
- festive party
- wake
- singing of birds
- military band
- party of singers
- attendants
- chorus
- company
- feast
Derived terms[edit]
- còisir-chiùil f (“choir”)
- neach-còisir m (“chorister”)
Mutation[edit]
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| còisir | chòisir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References[edit]
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “còisir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cóisir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language