cóisireacht

Irish

Etymology

From cóisir (“feast, banquet; festive party; social gathering; retinue, suite; attendant group; large group, assembly”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

cóisireacht f (genitive singular cóisireachta)

1. feasting; party-going, visiting
2. (historical) feasting, living on retainers, 'coshering'

Declension

Declension of cóisireacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative cóisireacht Vocative a chóisireacht Genitive cóisireachta Dative cóisireacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an chóisireacht Genitive na cóisireachta Dative leis an gcóisireacht don chóisireacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cóisireacht	chóisireacht	gcóisireacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cóisireacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN