ciméarach
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See also: Ciméarach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ciméara (“chimera”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]ciméarach (genitive singular masculine ciméaraigh, genitive singular feminine ciméaraí, plural ciméaracha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | ciméarach | chiméarach | ciméaracha; chiméaracha2 | |
vocative | chiméaraigh | ciméaracha | ||
genitive | ciméaraí | ciméaracha | ciméarach | |
dative | ciméarach; chiméarach1 |
chiméarach; chiméaraigh (archaic) |
ciméaracha; chiméaracha2 | |
Comparative | níos ciméaraí | |||
Superlative | is ciméaraí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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ciméarach | chiméarach | gciméarach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciméarach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciméarach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm