deoise

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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
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