còisir
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 | |
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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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóisir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language