ceirmeach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

ceirmeach (genitive singular masculine ceirmigh, genitive singular feminine ceirmí, plural ceirmeacha, not comparable)

  1. ceramic (made of ceramic)

Declension

Declension of ceirmeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ceirmeach cheirmeach ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha2
vocative cheirmigh ceirmeacha
genitive ceirmí ceirmeacha ceirmeach
dative ceirmeach;
cheirmeach1 		cheirmeach;
cheirmigh (archaic) 		ceirmeacha;
cheirmeacha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

Noun

ceirmeach m (genitive singular ceirmigh, nominative plural ceirmigh)

  1. ceramic

Declension

Declension of ceirmeach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceirmeach ceirmigh
vocative a cheirmigh a cheirmeacha
genitive ceirmigh ceirmeach
dative ceirmeach ceirmigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceirmeach na ceirmigh
genitive an cheirmigh na gceirmeach
dative leis an gceirmeach
don cheirmeach 		leis na ceirmigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceirmeach
radical lenition eclipsis
ceirmeach cheirmeach gceirmeach

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

Further reading

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