See also: ciste and -ciste

Irish

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Etymology

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From dialectal English keech (cake), probably from Middle English kichel, kechel, from Old English cyċel, *cēċel, from Proto-Germanic *kakilaz, *kōkilaz, diminutive of Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, *kōkô.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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císte m (genitive singular císte, nominative plural cístí)

  1. cake
    Synonym: cáca milis
  2. tart

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
císte chíste gcíste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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