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)

  1. hair, tress

Declension

Declension of ciabh (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative ciabh ciabha
vocative a chiabh a chiabha
genitive céibhe ciabh
dative ciabh ciabha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chiabh na ciabha
genitive na céibhe na gciabh
dative leis an gciabh
don chiabh
leis na ciabha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciabh
radical lenition eclipsis
ciabh chiabh gciabh

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

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