ciafart

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciabhthart (superseded)

Etymology

From ciabh (“hair”) +‎ thart (“round, about”).

Noun

ciafart m (genitive singular ciafairt, nominative plural ciafairt)

1. Unkempt, disheveled person.
2. Confused, bewildered person.

Declension

Declension of ciabhart

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciabhart ciabhairt Vocative a chiabhairt a chiabharta Genitive ciabhairt ciabhart Dative ciabhart ciabhairt

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciabhart na ciabhairt Genitive an chiabhairt na gciabhart Dative leis an gciabhart don chiabhart leis na ciabhairt

Derived terms

• ciafartach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciafart	chiafart	gciafart
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciafart”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN