ciú

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See also: CiU, ĉiu, and ci'u

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English queue.

Noun

ciú m (genitive singular ciú, nominative plural ciúnna)

  1. queue
Declension
Declension of ciú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ciú ciúnna
vocative a chiú a chiúnna
genitive ciú ciúnna
dative ciú ciúnna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ciú na ciúnna
genitive an chiú na gciúnna
dative leis an gciú
don chiú
leis na ciúnna
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English cue.

Noun

ciú m (genitive singular ciú, nominative plural ciúnna)

  1. (billiards, snooker) cue
Declension
Declension of ciú (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ciú ciúnna
vocative a chiú a chiúnna
genitive ciú ciúnna
dative ciú ciúnna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an ciú na ciúnna
genitive an chiú na gciúnna
dative leis an gciú
don chiú
leis na ciúnna

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciú
radical lenition eclipsis
ciú chiú gciú

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.