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còisir

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cóisir (banquet; festive party).

Noun

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còisir f (genitive singular còisire or còisre, plural còisirean)

  1. choir
  2. festive party
  3. wake
  4. singing of birds
  5. military band
  6. party of singers
  7. attendants
  8. chorus
  9. company
  10. feast

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of còisir
radical lenition
còisir chòisir

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

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “còisir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóisir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language