ciafart

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciabhthart (superseded)

Etymology

From ciabh (“hair”) +‎ thart (“round, about”).

Noun

ciafart m (genitive singular ciafairt, nominative plural ciafairt)

1. Unkempt, disheveled person.
2. Confused, bewildered person.

Declension

Declension of ciabhart (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciabhart ciabhairt vocative a chiabhairt a chiabharta genitive ciabhairt ciabhart dative ciabhart ciabhairt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciabhart na ciabhairt genitive an chiabhairt na gciabhart dative leis an gciabhart don chiabhart leis na ciabhairt

Derived terms

• ciafartach

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciafart

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciafart	chiafart	gciafart

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) “ciafart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN