còisir

See also: cóisir

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cóisir (“banquet; festive party”).

Noun

còisir f (genitive singular còisire or còisre, plural còisirean)

1. choir
2. festive party
3. wake
4. singing of birds
5. military band
6. party of singers
7. attendants
8. chorus
9. company
10. feast

Derived terms

• còisir-chiùil f (“choir”)
• neach-còisir m (“chorister”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
còisir	chòisir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “còisir”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cóisir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language