cileagram

Irish

Etymology

From French kilogramme, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”) + γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), as if cilea- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪlʲəɡɾˠamˠ/

Noun

cileagram m (genitive singular cileagraim, nominative plural cileagraim)

1. kilogram

Declension

Declension of cileagram (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cileagram cileagraim vocative a chileagraim a chileagrama genitive cileagraim cileagram dative cileagram cileagraim forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cileagram na cileagraim genitive an chileagraim na gcileagram dative leis an gcileagram don chileagram leis na cileagraim

Mutation

Mutated forms of cileagram

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cileagram	chileagram	gcileagram

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