ceirmeach

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Irish

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Etymology

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Adjective

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ceirmeach (genitive singular masculine ceirmigh, genitive singular feminine ceirmí, plural ceirmeacha, not comparable)

  1. ceramic (made of ceramic)

Declension

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Declension of ceirmeach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative ceirmeach cheirmeach ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha2
vocative cheirmigh ceirmeacha
genitive ceirmí ceirmeacha ceirmeach
dative ceirmeach;
cheirmeach1
cheirmeach;
cheirmigh (archaic)
ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

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Noun

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ceirmeach m (genitive singular ceirmigh, nominative plural ceirmigh)

  1. ceramic

Declension

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Declension of ceirmeach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ceirmeach ceirmigh
vocative a cheirmigh a cheirmeacha
genitive ceirmigh ceirmeach
dative ceirmeach ceirmigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ceirmeach na ceirmigh
genitive an cheirmigh na gceirmeach
dative leis an gceirmeach
don cheirmeach
leis na ceirmigh

Mutation

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Mutated forms of ceirmeach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirmeach cheirmeach gceirmeach

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

Further reading

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  • ceirmeach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024