cist

See also: čist, číst, чист, and чисть

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪst/, /ˈkɪst/
• Rhymes: -ɪst

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cista, from Ancient Greek κίστη (kístē). Doublet of chest.

Noun

cist (plural cists)

1. (historical, Ancient Greece) A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Welsh cist (“chest”) (see kistvaen), from Latin cista (“chest, casket”), see above.

Noun

cist (plural cists)

2. (archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
   • 2019, Alan Staniforth, Cleveland Way, page 66:

     A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.

Alternative forms

• kist

Derived terms

• cist-urn

Further reading

• cist on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• tics, TCIs, cits, ICTs, TICs, cits., CTIS

Old English

Alternative forms

• ċest

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *kistu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃist/

Noun

ċist f

1. box, chest

Declension

Declension of cist (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ċist	ċista, ċiste
accusative	ċiste	ċista, ċiste
genitive	ċiste	ċista
dative	ċiste	ċistum

Derived terms

• hræġlċist
• lǣċeċist
• māþmċist

Descendants

• Middle English: cheste, cæste, chist, chiste, chyst, cyst, kist, kiste, kyst, kyste
  • English: chest
  • Scots: kist
• → Middle Irish: ciste
  • Irish: ciste
• → Welsh: cist

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ecce iste.

Adjective

cist

1. this; this one

Synonyms

• cel, cil

Descendants

• Middle French: cest
  • French: cet

Welsh

Etymology

From Old English cist or Middle English kist.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kiːsd/, [kʰiːst]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪsd/, [kʰɪst]
• Rhymes: -ɪsd

Noun

cist f (plural cistiau)

1. chest, trunk
2. (automotive) boot, trunk

   Synonym: bŵt

3. (archaeology) cist

Derived terms

• sêl cist car

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cist	gist	nghist	chist
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cist”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies