Ciarraíoch

Irish

Alternative forms

• Ciarraigheach (superseded spelling)

Etymology

Ciarraí +‎ -ach

Noun

Ciarraíoch m (genitive singular Ciarraígh, nominative plural Ciarraígh)

1. Kerryman (a native of Kerry)

   Ach tá difríocht mhór amháin, áfach, idir an Ciarraíoch agus fear na Fraince.

   But there's one big difference, however, between the Kerryman and the Frenchman.

Declension

Declension of Ciarraíoch (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ciarraíoch Ciarraígh vocative a Chiarraígh a Chiarraíocha genitive Ciarraígh Ciarraíoch dative Ciarraíoch Ciarraígh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Ciarraíoch na Ciarraígh genitive an Chiarraígh na gCiarraíoch dative leis an gCiarraíoch don Chiarraíoch leis na Ciarraígh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ciarraíoch

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Ciarraíoch	Chiarraíoch	gCiarraíoch

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) “Ciarraíoch”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN