ceamach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciomach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞mˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the form ciomach)

Noun

ceamach f (genitive singular ceamaí, nominative plural ceamacha)

1. rag, clout (piece of cloth)
2. (in the plural) rags, tattered old clothes
3. lout (bumpkin)
4. slattern, slut, untidy or ragged person

   Synonym: abarlach

Declension

Declension of ceamach (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceamach ceamacha vocative a cheamach a cheamacha genitive ceamaí ceamach dative ceamach ceamaigh (archaic, dialectal) ceamacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cheamach na ceamacha genitive na ceamaí na gceamach dative leis an gceamach leis an gceamaigh (archaic, dialectal) don cheamach don cheamaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceamacha

Derived terms

• ceamachán
• ceamachas

Adjective

ceamach (genitive singular masculine ceamaigh, genitive singular feminine ceamaí, plural ceamacha, comparative ceamaí)

1. ragged (rent or worn into tatters), tattered

   Synonyms: gioblach, bratógach

2. sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly), slovenly

   Synonyms: sraoilleach, gioblach, giobógach

Declension

Declension of ceamach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ceamach	cheamach	ceamacha; cheamacha2
vocative	cheamaigh		ceamacha
genitive		ceamaí	ceamacha	ceamach
dative	ceamach; cheamach1	cheamach; cheamaigh (archaic)	ceamacha; cheamacha2
Comparative	níos ceamaí
Superlative	is ceamaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms

• ceamánta

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceamach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceamach	cheamach	gceamach

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

Further reading

• “ceamach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ciomaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 139
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN