cist
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.
Noun edit
cist (plural cists)
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.
Noun edit
cist (plural cists)
- (archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
- 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 66:
- A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.
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Further reading edit
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Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *kistu.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ċist f
Declension edit
Declension of cist (strong ō-stem)
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Old French edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *ecce iste.
Adjective edit
cist
- this; this one
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Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Old English cist or Middle English kist.
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /kiːsd/, [kʰiːst]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /kɪsd/, [kʰɪst]
- Rhymes: -ɪsd
Noun edit
cist f (plural cistiau)
- chest, trunk
- (automotive) boot, trunk
- Synonym: bŵt
- (archaeology) cist
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Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cist | gist | nghist | chist |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cist”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies