ciorclóideach

Irish

Etymology

From ciorcal +‎ -óideach.

Adjective

ciorclóideach (genitive singular masculine ciorclóidigh, genitive singular feminine ciorclóidí, plural ciorclóideacha, not comparable)

1. (geometry) cycloid

   Synonym: cioglóideach

2. (geometry) trochoid

Declension

Declension of ciorclóideach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ciorclóideach	chiorclóideach	ciorclóideacha; chiorclóideacha2
vocative	chiorclóidigh		ciorclóideacha
genitive		ciorclóidí	ciorclóideacha	ciorclóideach
dative	ciorclóideach; chiorclóideach1	chiorclóideach; chiorclóidigh (archaic)	ciorclóideacha; chiorclóideacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• cuar ciorclóideach

Noun

ciorclóideach m (genitive singular ciorclóidigh, nominative plural ciorclóidigh)

1. (geometry) cycloid

   Synonym: cioglóideach

Declension

Declension of ciorclóideach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciorclóideach ciorclóidigh vocative a chiorclóidigh a chiorclóideacha genitive ciorclóidigh ciorclóideach dative ciorclóideach ciorclóidigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciorclóideach na ciorclóidigh genitive an chiorclóidigh na gciorclóideach dative leis an gciorclóideach don chiorclóideach leis na ciorclóidigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciorclóideach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorclóideach	chiorclóideach	gciorclóideach

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) “ciorclóideach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciorclóideach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm