ciach

See also: Ciach

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciəx/

Etymology 1

Noun

ciach m (genitive singular ciaigh)

1. hoarseness
2. gloom, sadness, grief

Declension

Declension of ciach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative ciach Vocative a chiaigh Genitive ciaigh Dative ciach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an ciach Genitive an chiaigh Dative leis an gciach don chiach

Derived terms

• ciachán m (“hoarseness”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ciach

1. (archaic, dialectal) genitive singular of ceo (“fog, mist”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciach	chiach	gciach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕax/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕax/

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: ciach
• Homophone: Ciach

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ciach

1. (colloquial) used to describe a situation where someone cuts something with a decisive move
2. (colloquial) used to describe a situation in which some action was performed at lightning speed
3. (Near Masovian) used to imitate the sound of hitting or beating

   Synonyms: chrop, dzbęk

Derived terms

verbs

• ciachać impf, ciachnąć pf

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ciach n

1. genitive plural of ciacho

Further reading

• ciach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ciach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891) “ciach”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363