croscheist

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ ceist (“question”).

Noun

croscheist f (genitive singular croscheiste, nominative plural croscheisteanna)

1. cross-question

Declension

Declension of croscheist (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative croscheist croscheisteanna vocative a chroscheist a chroscheisteanna genitive croscheiste croscheisteanna dative croscheist croscheisteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an chroscheist na croscheisteanna genitive na croscheiste na gcroscheisteanna dative leis an gcroscheist don chroscheist leis na croscheisteanna

Derived terms

• croscheisteoir m (“cross-examiner”)

Related terms

• croscheistigh (“cross-question, cross-examine”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of croscheist

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croscheist	chroscheist	gcroscheist

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) “croscheist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “croscheist”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm