Cipireach

Irish

Etymology

From Cipir (“Cyprus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cipireach (genitive singular masculine Cipirigh, genitive singular feminine Cipirí, plural Cipireacha, not comparable)

  1. Cypriot

Declension
Declension of Cipireach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative Cipireach Chipireach Cipireacha;
Chipireacha²
Vocative Chipirigh Cipireacha
Genitive Cipirí Cipireacha Cipireach
Dative Cipireach;
Chipireach¹		 Chipireach;
Chipirigh (archaic)		 Cipireacha;
Chipireacha²
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

Cipireach m (genitive singular Cipirigh, nominative plural Cipirigh)

  1. Cypriot

Declension
Declension of Cipireach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative Cipireach Cipirigh
Vocative a Chipirigh a Chipireacha
Genitive Cipirigh Cipireach
Dative Cipireach Cipirigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an Cipireach na Cipirigh
Genitive an Chipirigh na gCipireach
Dative leis an gCipireach

don Chipireach

 leis na Cipirigh

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

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cipireach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “Cipireach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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