Cív

See also: civ and CIV

Irish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv).

Proper noun

Cív f (genitive Chív)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Related terms

• An Úcráin (“Ukraine”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cív

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cív	Chív	gCív

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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