Cirgeastáin

Irish

Etymology

From Kyrgyz Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan).

Proper noun

An Chirgeastáin f (genitive na Cirgeastáine)

1. Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China; official name: Poblacht na Cirgise)

Declension

Declension of Cirgeastáin (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cirgeastáin vocative a Chirgeastáin genitive Cirgeastáine dative Cirgeastáin forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Chirgeastáin genitive na Cirgeastáine dative leis an gCirgeastáin don Chirgeastáin

Related terms

• Cirgeasach (“Kyrgyz”, adjective)
• Cirgeasach m (“Kyrgyz”)
• Cirgisis f (“the Kyrgyz language”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cirgeastáin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cirgeastáin	Chirgeastáin	gCirgeastáin

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

Further reading

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