cóisireacht

Irish

Etymology

From cóisir (“feast, banquet; festive party; social gathering; retinue, suite; attendant group; large group, assembly”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cóisireacht f (genitive singular cóisireachta)

1. feasting; party-going, visiting
2. (historical) feasting, living on retainers, 'coshering'

Declension

Declension of cóisireacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cóisireacht vocative a chóisireacht genitive cóisireachta dative cóisireacht forms with the definite article case singular nominative an chóisireacht genitive na cóisireachta dative leis an gcóisireacht don chóisireacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of cóisireacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cóisireacht	chóisireacht	gcóisireacht

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóisireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN