Ciméarach

See also: ciméarach

Irish

Etymology

From English Khmer + -ach.

Adjective

Ciméarach (genitive singular masculine Ciméaraigh, genitive singular feminine Ciméaraí, plural Ciméaracha, not comparable)

  1. Khmer

Declension

Declension of Ciméarach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative Ciméarach Chiméarach Ciméaracha;
Chiméaracha2
vocative Chiméaraigh Ciméaracha
genitive Ciméaraí Ciméaracha Ciméarach
dative Ciméarach;
Chiméarach1
Chiméarach;
Chiméaraigh (archaic)
Ciméaracha;
Chiméaracha2
Comparative níos Ciméaraí
Superlative is Ciméaraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Ciméarach m (genitive singular Ciméaraigh, nominative plural Ciméaraigh)

  1. a Khmer person

Declension

Declension of Ciméarach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative Ciméarach Ciméaraigh
vocative a Chiméaraigh a Chiméaracha
genitive Ciméaraigh Ciméarach
dative Ciméarach Ciméaraigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an Ciméarach na Ciméaraigh
genitive an Chiméaraigh na gCiméarach
dative leis an gCiméarach
don Chiméarach
leis na Ciméaraigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ciméarach
radical lenition eclipsis
Ciméarach Chiméarach gCiméarach

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

Further reading

  • Khmer”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025