ceintiméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French centimètre, from Latin centum (“hundred”) and Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɛnʲtʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈcɛn̠ʲtʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ceintiméadar m (genitive singular ceintiméadair, nominative plural ceintiméadair)

  1. centimetre

Declension

Declension of ceintiméadar (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair
vocative a cheintiméadar a cheintiméadair
genitive ceintiméadar ceintiméadair
dative ceintiméadar ceintiméadair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceintiméadar na ceintiméadair
genitive an cheintiméadar na gceintiméadair
dative leis an gceintiméadar
don cheintiméadar 		leis na ceintiméadair

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceintiméadar
radical lenition eclipsis
ceintiméadar cheintiméadar gceintiméadar

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

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