Cambódach

Irish

Etymology

From An Chambóid (“Cambodia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Cambódach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Cambódacha, not comparable)

1. Cambodian

Declension

Declension of Cambódach

	singular		plural (m/f)
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

• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, noun)
• Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)
• Ríocht na Cambóide (“the Kingdom of Cambodia”)

 

Noun

Cambódach m (genitive singular Cambódaigh, nominative plural Cambódaigh)

1. Cambodian person

Declension

Declension of Cambódach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Cambódach Cambódaigh vocative a Chambódaigh a Chambódacha genitive Cambódaigh Cambódach dative Cambódach Cambódaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Cambódach na Cambódaigh genitive an Chambódaigh na gCambódach dative leis an gCambódach don Chambódach leis na Cambódaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cambódach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cambódach	Chambódach	gCambódach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cambódach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Cambódach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024