ciste

See also: císte, čiste, čisté, čistě, čište, -ciste, and цисте

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

ciste f (plural cistes)

1. cista

Further reading

• “ciste”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪʃtʲə/

Noun

ciste m (genitive singular ciste, nominative plural cistí)

1. chest, coffer
2. treasure, fund
3. (burial) cist

Declension

Declension of ciste (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ciste cistí vocative a chiste a chistí genitive ciste cistí dative ciste cistí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ciste na cistí genitive an chiste na gcistí dative leis an gciste don chiste leis na cistí

Derived terms

• cisteoir (“treasurer”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciste	chiste	gciste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ciste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 142

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃis.te/
• Rhymes: -iste
• Hyphenation: cì‧ste

Noun

ciste f (plural cisti)

1. alternative form of cisti (“cyst”)

Anagrams

• cesti

Portuguese

Noun

ciste m (plural cistes)

1. (rare) obsolete spelling of cisto

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

ciste f (plural cisteachan)

1. chest, box
2. coffin

Derived terms

• ciste-càir
• ciste-laighe

Mutation

Mutation of ciste

radical	lenition
ciste	chiste

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.