ciabh

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish cíab (“hair (of the head)”).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ciəvˠ/
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ciəw/

Noun

ciabh f (genitive singular céibhe, nominative plural ciabha)

hair, tress

Declension

Declension of ciabh

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ciabh	ciabha
Vocative	a chiabh	a chiabha
Genitive	céibhe	ciabh
Dative	ciabh	ciabha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chiabh	na ciabha
Genitive	na céibhe	na gciabh
Dative	leis an gciabh don chiabh	leis na ciabha

Derived terms

céibheann f (“fair-haired lady”)
ciabhfholt m (“head of hair”)
ciabhóg f (“lock”)
ciabhra m (“tresses”)
ciafart m (“disheveled person”)

Related terms

ciabhach (“long-haired”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciabh	chiabh	gciabh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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