cíordhubh
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]cíordhubh (genitive singular masculine cíordhuibh, genitive singular feminine cíordhuibhe, plural cíordhubha, comparative cíordhuibhe)
- Alternative spelling of ciardhubh (“jet-black, sable”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of cíordhubh
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cíordhubh | chíordhubh | cíordhubha; chíordhubha² | |
| Vocative | chíordhuibh | cíordhubha | ||
| Genitive | cíordhubhe | cíordhubha | cíordhubh | |
| Dative | cíordhubh; chíordhubh¹ |
chíordhubh; chíordhuibh (archaic) |
cíordhubha; chíordhubha² | |
| Comparative | níos cíordhubhe | |||
| Superlative | is cíordhubhe | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cíordhubh | chíordhubh | gcíordhubh |
| 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) “cíordhubh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN