coiste

See also: cóiste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish coiste (“jury”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔʃtʲə/

Noun

coiste m (genitive singular coiste, nominative plural coistí)

1. committee
2. jury

Declension

Declension of coiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative coiste coistí Vocative a choiste a choistí Genitive coiste coistí Dative coiste coistí

Forms with the definite article Case 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
coiste	choiste	gcoiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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