ciombal

Irish

Alternative forms

• cimbeal

Etymology

From Old Irish cimbal, borrowed from Latin cymbalum.

Noun

ciombal m (genitive singular ciombail, nominative plural ciombail)

1. (music) cymbal

Declension

Declension of ciombal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciombal ciombail vocative a chiombail a chiombala genitive ciombail ciombal dative ciombal ciombail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciombal na ciombail genitive an chiombail na gciombal dative leis an gciombal don chiombal leis na ciombail

Derived terms

• ciombal ard-hata
• ciombal creatháin
• ciombal crochta
• ciombal plimpe
• ciombal troitheáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciombal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciombal	chiombal	gciombal

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cimbal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cimbeal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciombal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciombal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciombal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• “cimbeal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy