cíonán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cíonán m (genitive singular cíonáin, nominative plural cíonáin)

1. blow, clout

   Synonyms: béim, buille

Noun

cíonán m (genitive singular cíonáin, nominative plural cíonáin)

1. Alternative form of cíoná (“five of trumps; chief, champion; star”)

Declension

Declension of cíonán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cíonán cíonáin vocative a chíonáin a chíonána genitive cíonáin cíonán dative cíonán cíonáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cíonán na cíonáin genitive an chíonáin na gcíonán dative leis an gcíonán don chíonán leis na cíonáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíonán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cíonán	chíonán	gcíonán

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) “cíonán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cíonán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm