Siombáib

Irish

Etymology

From Shona dzimba-dze-mabwe (“house of stones”).

Proper noun

An tSiombáib f (genitive na Siombáibe)

1. Zimbabwe

   Synonym: Poblacht na Siombáibe

Declension

Declension of Siombáib

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative Siombáib Vocative a Shiombáib Genitive Siombáibe Dative Siombáib

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an tSiombáib Genitive na Siombáibe Dative leis an tSiombáib don tSiombáib

Derived terms

• Siombábach (“Zimbabwean”, adjective)
• Siombábach m (“a Zimbabwean person”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Siombáib	Shiombáib after an, tSiombáib	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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