cíoná
Irish
Etymology
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Noun
cíoná m (genitive singular cíoná)
- (card games) five of trumps (at game of twenty-five, etc.)
- chief, champion; star
Declension
Declension of cíoná
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- an cíoná a tharraingt as cúl do ghlaice (“pull a rabbit out of a hat”)
- cíoná na cuideachta (“star turn”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cíoná | chíoná | gcíoná |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoná”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cíoná” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cíoná” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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