cistin

Irish

Alternative forms

cisteanach (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cisten (compare Scottish Gaelic cidsin, Manx kishteen, kishtyn), a late form of cistenach, borrowed from Middle English kitchen, kichene, kuchen, from Old English cycen, cycene (“kitchen”), from Proto-Germanic *kukinǭ (“kitchen”), probably a borrowing of Vulgar Latin cucīna (“kitchen”), from Latin coquō (“I cook”), from Proto-Indo-European *pekʷ- (“to cook, become ripe”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈcɪʃtʲɪnʲ]

Noun

cistin f (genitive singular cistine or cisteanach, nominative plural cistineacha)

kitchen

Declension

Declension of cistin

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cistin	cistineacha
Vocative	a chistin	a chistineacha
Genitive	cistine	cistineacha
Dative	cistin	cistineacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chistin	na cistineacha
Genitive	na cistine	na gcistineacha
Dative	leis an gcistin don chistin	leis na cistineacha

Alternative declension

Declension of cistin

Fifth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cistin	cistineacha
Vocative	a chistin	a chistineacha
Genitive	cistineach	cistineacha
Dative	cistin	cistineacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chistin	na cistineacha
Genitive	na cistineach	na gcistineacha
Dative	leis an gcistin don chistin	leis na cistineacha

Derived terms

bord cistine (“kitchen table”)
cailín cistine (“kitchen-maid, scullery maid”)
cistin faoi thalamh (“cellar-kitchen”)
cistin phoiblí (“communal kitchen, soup kitchen”)
cistin taistil (“travelling kitchen”)
córacha cistine (“kitchen fitments”)
garraí cistine (“kitchen garden”)
gréithe cistine (“kitchen-ware”)
páipéar cistine (“kitchen paper”)
scúille cistine (“kitchen wench”)
sorn cistine (“cooker, cooking-range, kitchen-range”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cistin	chistin	gcistin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"cistin" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“cistenach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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