ceast

Irish

Noun

ceast f (genitive singular ceiste, nominative plural ceastanna)

1. alternative form of ceist (“question”)

Declension

Declension of ceast (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ceast ceastanna vocative a cheast a cheastanna genitive ceiste ceastanna dative ceast ceist (archaic, dialectal) ceastanna forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an cheast na ceastanna genitive na ceiste na gceastanna dative leis an gceast leis an gceist (archaic, dialectal) don cheast don cheist (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceastanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceast

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceast	cheast	gceast

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċīest — in compounds

Etymology

Uncertain. Likely from ċēas (“strife”) +‎ -t.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃæ͜ɑːst/

Noun

ċēast f or n

1. strife, contention
2. sedition
3. murmuring
4. scandal

Usage notes

• The precise gender is unknown. It is assumed to be feminine or possibly neuter.

Declension

fem

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēast	ċēasta, ċēaste
accusative	ċēaste	ċēasta, ċēaste
genitive	ċēaste	ċēasta
dative	ċēaste	ċēastum

neut

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	ċēast	ċēast
accusative	ċēast	ċēast
genitive	ċēastes	ċēasta
dative	ċēaste	ċēastum

Related terms

• ċēas

Descendants

• Middle English: chest, cheast, chast, chost