ceamach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ceamach f (genitive singular ceamaí, nominative plural ceamacha)
- rag, clout (piece of cloth)
- (in the plural) rags, tattered old clothes
- lout (bumpkin)
- slattern, slut, untidy or ragged person
- Synonym: abarlach
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceamach
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ceamach (genitive singular masculine ceamaigh, genitive singular feminine ceamaí, plural ceamacha, comparative ceamaí)
- ragged (rent or worn into tatters), tattered
- sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly), slovenly
- Synonyms: sraoilleach, gioblach, giobógach
Declension
[edit]Declension of ceamach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | ceamach | cheamach | ceamacha; cheamacha² | |
Vocative | cheamaigh | ceamacha | ||
Genitive | ceamaí | ceamacha | ceamach | |
Dative | ceamach; cheamach¹ |
cheamach; cheamaigh (archaic) |
ceamacha; cheamacha² | |
Comparative | níos ceamaí | |||
Superlative | is ceamaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Alternative forms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ceamach | cheamach | gceamach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 97, page 38
Further reading
[edit]- “ceamach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ciomaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 139
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN