coláiste

See also: colaiste

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish coláisde, coláiste, from Old French college, from Latin collēgium.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): [kəˈlˠɑːʃtʲə]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): [ˈkɔlˠɑːʃtʲə], [ˈkʊlˠɑːʃtʲə], [ˈklˠɑːʃtʲə]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): [ˈkʌlˠæʃtʲə]

Noun

coláiste m or f (genitive singular coláiste, nominative plural coláistí)

  1. college

Declension

Alternative (feminine) declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
coláiste choláiste gcoláiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Further reading

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