deoise

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dioecēsis, from Ancient Greek διοίκησις (dioíkēsis), from διοικέω (dioikéō).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲoːʃə/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɔːʃə/

Noun

deoise f (genitive singular deoise, nominative plural deoisí)

1. (Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) diocese (region administered by a bishop)
2. (historical) diocese (administrative division of the Roman Empire)

Declension

Declension of deoise

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative deoise deoisí Vocative a dheoise a dheoisí Genitive deoise deoisí Dative deoise deoisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an deoise na deoisí Genitive na deoise na ndeoisí Dative leis an deoise don deoise leis na deoisí

Derived terms

nouns

• ard-deoise
• deoiseach

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
deoise	dheoise	ndeoise
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “deoise”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “deoise”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN