Cambódach

Irish

Etymology

From An Chambóid (“Cambodia”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Cambódach (genitive singular masculine Colómaigh, genitive singular feminine Colómaí, plural Cambódacha, not comparable)

1. Cambodian

Declension

Declension of Cambódach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Cambódach	Chambódach	Cambódacha; Chambódacha²
Vocative	Chambódaigh		Cambódacha
Genitive		Cambódaí	Cambódacha	Cambódach
Dative	Cambódach; Chambódach¹	Chambódach; Chambódaigh (archaic)	Cambódacha; Chambódacha²
Comparative	níos Cambódaí
Superlative	is Cambódaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, noun)
• Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)
• Ríocht na Cambóide (“the Kingdom of Cambodia”)

 

Noun

Cambódach m (genitive singular Cambódaigh, nominative plural Cambódaigh)

1. Cambodian person

Declension

Declension of Cambódach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Cambódach Cambódaigh Vocative a Chambódaigh a Chambódacha Genitive Cambódaigh Cambódach Dative Cambódach Cambódaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Cambódach na Cambódaigh Genitive an Chambódaigh na gCambódach Dative leis an gCambódach don Chambódach leis na Cambódaigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cambódach	Chambódach	gCambódach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Cambódach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “Cambódach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024