ceirmeach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

ceirmeach (genitive singular masculine ceirmigh, genitive singular feminine ceirmí, plural ceirmeacha, not comparable)

  1. ceramic (made of ceramic)

Declension
Declension of ceirmeach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ceirmeach cheirmeach ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha²
Vocative cheirmigh ceirmeacha
Genitive ceirmí ceirmeacha ceirmeach
Dative ceirmeach;
cheirmeach¹		 cheirmeach;
cheirmigh (archaic)		 ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha²
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.

Noun

ceirmeach m (genitive singular ceirmigh, nominative plural ceirmigh)

  1. ceramic

Declension
Declension of ceirmeach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ceirmeach ceirmigh
Vocative a cheirmigh a cheirmeacha
Genitive ceirmigh ceirmeach
Dative ceirmeach ceirmigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ceirmeach na ceirmigh
Genitive an cheirmigh na gceirmeach
Dative leis an gceirmeach

don cheirmeach

 leis na ceirmigh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ceirmeach cheirmeach gceirmeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Entries containing “ceirmeach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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