cistin
Irish
Alternative forms
- cisteanach (Cois Fharraige)
Etymology
From Middle Irish cisten (compare Scottish Gaelic cidsin, Manx kishteen, kishtyn), a late form of cistenach, borrowed from Middle English kitchen, kichene, kuchen, from Old English cycen, cycene (“kitchen”), from Proto-Germanic *kukinǭ (“kitchen”), probably a borrowing of Vulgar Latin cucīna (“kitchen”), from Latin coquō (“I cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈcɪʃtʲɪnʲ]
Declension
Declension of cistin
Second declension
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- Alternative declension
Declension of cistin
Fifth declension
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Derived terms
- bord cistine (“kitchen table”)
- cailín cistine (“kitchen-maid, scullery maid”)
- cistin faoi thalamh (“cellar-kitchen”)
- cistin phoiblí (“communal kitchen, soup kitchen”)
- cistin taistil (“travelling kitchen”)
- córacha cistine (“kitchen fitments”)
- garraí cistine (“kitchen garden”)
- gréithe cistine (“kitchen-ware”)
- páipéar cistine (“kitchen paper”)
- scúille cistine (“kitchen wench”)
- sorn cistine (“cooker, cooking-range, kitchen-range”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cistin | chistin | gcistin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "cistin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “cistenach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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