Cambóid

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit काम्बोज (kāmboja, the name of a tribe mentioned in Hindu scripture).

Proper noun

An Chambóid f (genitive na Cambóide)

1. Cambodia (a country in Southeast Asia; official name: Ríocht na Cambóide)

   Synonyms: Campúis, Campúisia

Declension

Declension of Cambóid (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cambóid vocative a Chambóid genitive Cambóide dative Cambóid forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Chambóid genitive na Cambóide dative leis an gCambóid don Chambóid

Derived terms

• Cambódach (“Cambodian”, adjective)
• Cambódach m (“a Cambodian person”)
• Cambóidis (“the Cambodian language”)

 

Related terms

• cambóid (“gamboge”)
• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
• Ciméarach m (“a Khmer person”)
• Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cambóid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cambóid	Chambóid	gCambóid

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

Further reading

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