coiste

See also: cóiste

Irish

Alternative forms

• coisne, cuisle, goiste
• coisde (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish coiste (“jury”), from Old French queste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃtʲə/, /ˈkɨʃtʲə/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔʃtʲə/ (corresponding to the form goiste)

Noun

coiste m (genitive singular coiste, nominative plural coistí)

1. committee
2. jury

Declension

Declension of coiste (fourth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative coiste coistí vocative a choiste a choistí genitive coiste coistí dative coiste coistí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an coiste na coistí genitive an choiste na gcoistí dative leis an gcoiste don choiste leis na coistí

Derived terms

• buanchoiste (“standing committee”)
• fochoiste (“subcommittee”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of coiste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
coiste	choiste	gcoiste

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “coiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 231; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “coiste”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 169
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Middle Irish

Alternative forms

• cúaiste

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French queste.

Noun

coiste m

1. jury

Descendants

• Irish: coiste
• Scottish Gaelic: coiste

Further reading

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