Cambóid

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja, the name of a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture).

Proper noun

An Chambóid f (genitive na Cambóide)

1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Ríocht na Cambóide)

   Synonyms: Campúis, Campúisia

Declension

Declension of Cambóid

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Cambóid Vocative a Chambóid Genitive Cambóide Dative Cambóid

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an Chambóid Genitive na Cambóide Dative leis an gCambóid don Chambóid

Derived terms

• Cambódach (“Cambodian”, adjective)
• Cambódach m (“a Cambodian person”)
• Cambóidis (“the Cambodian language”)

 

Related terms

• cambóid (“gamboge”)
• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
• Ciméarach m (“a Khmer person”)
• Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cambóid	Chambóid	gCambóid
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Cambodia”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024