ciliméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪlʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ciliméadar m (genitive singular ciliméadair, nominative plural ciliméadair)

  1. kilometre

Declension

Declension of ciliméadar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciliméadar ciliméadair
vocative a chiliméadair a chiliméadara
genitive ciliméadair ciliméadar
dative ciliméadar ciliméadair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ciliméadar na ciliméadair
genitive an chiliméadair na gciliméadar
dative leis an gciliméadar
don chiliméadar 		leis na ciliméadair

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciliméadar
radical lenition eclipsis
ciliméadar chiliméadar gciliméadar

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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