Calafóirn

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English California, from Spanish California.

Proper noun

an Chalafóirn f (genitive na Calafóirne)

  1. California (the most populous state of the United States)

Declension

Declension of Calafóirn (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Calafóirn
vocative a Chalafóirn
genitive Calafóirne
dative Calafóirn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Chalafóirn
genitive na Calafóirne
dative leis an gCalafóirn
don Chalafóirn

Mutation

Mutated forms of Calafóirn
radical lenition eclipsis
Calafóirn Chalafóirn gCalafóirn

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