lóistín

From Old French loge (“arbor, covered walk-way”) (from Medieval Latin laubia (“lodge, portico”)) + -ín.

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /l̪ˠoːʃˈtʲiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠoːʃtʲiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈl̪ˠɔːʃtʲinʲ/

lóistín m (genitive singular lóistín, nominative plural lóistíní)

1. lodging, accommodation
2. lodgings, lodging-place

• ar lóistín (“lodging (as present participle); in lodgings”)
• bean lóistín (“landlady”)
• teach lóistín (“boarding house”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lóistín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “lóistín”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024