deoise

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲoːʃə/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈdʲɔːʃə/

Noun

deoise f (genitive singular deoise, nominative plural deoisí)

(Protestantism, Roman Catholicism) diocese (region administered by a bishop)
(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

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.

Derived terms

nouns

ard-deoise
deoiseach

Further reading

“deoise” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
"deoise" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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