deoise

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis), from διοικέω (dioikéō).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲoːʃə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɔːʃə/

Noun

deoise f (genitive singular deoise, nominative plural deoisí)

1. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) diocese (region administered by a bishop)
2. (historical) diocese (administrative division of the Roman Empire)

Declension

Declension of deoise (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative deoise deoisí vocative a dheoise a dheoisí genitive deoise deoisí dative deoise deoisí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an deoise na deoisí genitive na deoise na ndeoisí dative leis an deoise don deoise leis na deoisí

Derived terms

nouns

• ard-deoise
• deoiseach

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of deoise

radical	lenition	eclipsis
deoise	dheoise	ndeoise

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

Further reading

• “deoise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deoise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN