Ciméarach
See also: ciméarach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Ciméarach (genitive singular masculine Ciméaraigh, genitive singular feminine Ciméaraí, plural Ciméaracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ciméarach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | Ciméarach | Chiméarach | Ciméaracha; Chiméaracha² | |
Vocative | Chiméaraigh | Ciméaracha | ||
Genitive | Ciméaraí | Ciméaracha | Ciméarach | |
Dative | Ciméarach; Chiméarach¹ |
Chiméarach; Chiméaraigh (archaic) |
Ciméaracha; Chiméaracha² | |
Comparative | níos Ciméaraí | |||
Superlative | is Ciméaraí |
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]- An Chambóid (“Cambodia”)
- Cambódach (“Cambodian”, adjective)
- Cambódach m (“a Cambodian person”)
- Cambóidis (“the Cambodian language”)
- Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
- Ciméarach m (“a Khmer person”)
- Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)
- Ríocht na Cambóide (“the Kingdom of Cambodia”)
Noun
[edit]Ciméarach m (genitive singular Ciméaraigh, nominative plural Ciméaraigh)
- a Khmer person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Ciméarach
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 |
Ciméarach | Chiméarach | gCiméarach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- “Khmer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024