cíb

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See also: cib and CIB

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

cíb f (genitive singular cíbe)

  1. sedge

Declension

Declension of cíb (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cíb
vocative a chíb
genitive cíbe
dative cíb
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an chíb
genitive na cíbe
dative leis an gcíb
don chíb

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíb
radical lenition eclipsis
cíb chíb gcíb

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

References

  1. ^ “cíb”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 375, page 127

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