Cív

See also: civ and CIV

Irish

Etymology

From Ukrainian Ки́їв (Kýjiv).

Proper noun

Cív f (genitive Chív)

1. Kyiv (the capital city of Ukraine)

Related terms

• An Úcráin (“Ukraine”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cív	Chív	gCív
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “Kiev”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024