coláiste

See also: colaiste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish coláisde, coláiste, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): [kəˈlˠɑːʃtʲə]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈkɔlˠɑːʃtʲə], [ˈkʊlˠɑːʃtʲə], [ˈklˠɑːʃtʲə]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈkʌlˠæʃtʲə]

Noun

coláiste m (genitive singular coláiste, nominative plural coláistí)

  1. college

Declension
Declension of coláiste

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative coláiste coláistí
Vocative a choláiste a choláistí
Genitive coláiste coláistí
Dative coláiste coláistí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an coláiste na coláistí
Genitive an choláiste na gcoláistí
Dative leis an gcoláiste

don choláiste

 leis na coláistí

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coláiste choláiste gcoláiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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