cíonán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

cíonán m (genitive singular cíonáin, nominative plural cíonáin)

  1. blow, clout
    Synonyms: béim, buille

Noun

cíonán m (genitive singular cíonáin, nominative plural cíonáin)

  1. Alternative form of cíoná (“five of trumps; chief, champion; star”)

Declension
Declension of cíonán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cíonán cíonáin
Vocative a chíonáin a chíonána
Genitive cíonáin cíonán
Dative cíonán cíonáin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an cíonán na cíonáin
Genitive an chíonáin na gcíonán
Dative leis an gcíonán

don chíonán

 leis na cíonáin

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

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