ceistiú

Irish

Noun

ceistiú m (genitive singular ceistithe)

1. verbal noun of ceistigh
2. questioning, interrogation

Declension

Declension of ceistiú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ceistiú vocative a cheistiú genitive ceistithe dative ceistiú forms with the definite article singular nominative an ceistiú genitive an cheistithe dative leis an gceistiú don cheistiú

Derived terms

• ceistiúchán (“interrogation; questionnaire”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceistiú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceistiú	cheistiú	gceistiú

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) “ceistiú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ceistiú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ceistiú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025