coláiste
See also: colaiste
Irish
    
    Etymology
    
From Middle Irish coláisde, coláiste, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.
Pronunciation
    
Declension
    
Declension of coláiste
Fourth declension
| Bare forms 
 | Forms with the definite article 
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- Alternative (feminine) declension
Declension of coláiste
Fourth declension
| Bare forms 
 | Forms with the definite article 
 | 
Derived terms
    
- coláisteach (“collegiate”, adjective)
- coláisteánach m (“collegian”)
- Gaelcholáiste m (“Irish-medium secondary school”)
Mutation
    
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis | 
| coláiste | choláiste | gcoláiste | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
    
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “coláiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “coláiste”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading
    
- Entries containing “coláiste” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “coláiste” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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