císte

See also: ciste and -ciste

Irish

Etymology

From dialectal English keech (“cake”), probably from Middle English kichel, kechel, from Old English cyċel, *cēċel, from Proto-Germanic *kakilaz, *kōkilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, *kōkô.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈciːʃtʲə/

Noun

císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

  1. cake
    Synonym: cáca milis
  2. tart

Declension
Declension of císte

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative císte cístí
Vocative a chíste a chístí
Genitive císte cístí
Dative císte cístí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an císte na cístí
Genitive an chíste na gcístí
Dative leis an gcíste

don chíste

 leis na cístí

Derived terms
  • císte aráin choirce
  • císte caife
  • císte cairéid
  • císte cáise
  • císte fuidrimh
  • císte gridille
  • císte marmarach
  • císte milis
  • císte reoánta
  • císte ríse
  • císte seacláide
  • císte sinséir
  • císte spúinse
  • císte steaimpí
  • císte tae
  • císte torthaí
  • císte uachtair
  • císte úll
  • meascán císte

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
císte chíste gcíste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “cake”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • “tart”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “císte”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 142
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