Cirgeastáin

Irish

Etymology

From Kyrgyz Кыргызстан (Kırgızstan).

Proper noun

An Chirgeastáin f (genitive na Cirgeastáine)

  1. Kyrgyzstan (a country in Central Asia, bordering on Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China; official name: Poblacht na Cirgise)

Declension

Declension of Cirgeastáin (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Cirgeastáin
vocative a Chirgeastáin
genitive Cirgeastáine
dative Cirgeastáin
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Chirgeastáin
genitive na Cirgeastáine
dative leis an gCirgeastáin
don Chirgeastáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cirgeastáin
radical lenition eclipsis
Cirgeastáin Chirgeastáin gCirgeastáin

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

Further reading

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