ciabh
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Irish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Irish cíab (“hair (of the head)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ciabh f (genitive singular céibhe, nominative plural ciabha)
Declension
Declension of ciabh
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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language