cíoná

Irish

Alternative forms

• cianóg, cíonaí, cíonán, cíonáth

Etymology

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Noun

cíoná m (genitive singular cíoná)

1. (card games) five of trumps (at game of twenty-five, etc.)
2. chief, champion; star

Declension

Declension of cíoná

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cíoná Vocative a chíoná Genitive cíoná Dative cíoná

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an cíoná Genitive an chíoná Dative leis an gcíoná don chíoná

Derived terms

• an cíoná a tharraingt as cúl do ghlaice (“pull a rabbit out of a hat”)
• cíoná na cuideachta (“star turn”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíoná	chíoná	gcíoná
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoná”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “cíoná” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cíoná” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.