Cambódach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From An Chambóid (“Cambodia”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]Cambódach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Cambódacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Cambódach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Cambódach | Chambódach | Cambódacha; Chambódacha² | |
Vocative | Chambódaigh | Cambódacha | ||
Genitive | Cambódaí | Cambódacha | Cambódach | |
Dative | Cambódach; Chambódach¹ |
Chambódach; Chambódaigh (archaic) |
Cambódacha; Chambódacha² | |
Comparative | níos Cambódaí | |||
Superlative | is Cambódaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms
[edit]- Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
- Ciméarach (“Khmer”, noun)
- Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)
- Ríocht na Cambóide (“the Kingdom of Cambodia”)
Noun
[edit]Cambódach m (genitive singular Cambódaigh, nominative plural Cambódaigh)
- Cambodian person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Cambódach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Cambódach | Chambódach | gCambódach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cambódach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “Cambódach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024