cíobhaí

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English kiwi, from Maori kiwi.

Pronunciation

Noun

cíobhaí m (genitive singular cíobhaí, nominative plural cíobhaíonna)

  1. kiwi (bird)
  2. kiwi fruit

Declension

Declension of cíobhaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cíobhaí cíobhaíonna
vocative a chíobhaí a chíobhaíonna
genitive cíobhaí cíobhaíonna
dative cíobhaí cíobhaíonna
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cíobhaí na cíobhaíonna
genitive an chíobhaí na gcíobhaíonna
dative leis an gcíobhaí
don chíobhaí 		leis na cíobhaíonna

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíobhaí
radical lenition eclipsis
cíobhaí chíobhaí gcíobhaí

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

References

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “kiwi”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Further reading

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