Ciméarach

See also: ciméarach

Irish

Etymology

From English Khmer + -ach.

Adjective

Ciméarach (genitive singular masculine Ciméaraigh, genitive singular feminine Ciméaraí, plural Ciméaracha, not comparable)

1. Khmer

Declension

Declension of Ciméarach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Ciméarach	Chiméarach	Ciméaracha; Chiméaracha²
Vocative	Chiméaraigh		Ciméaracha
Genitive		Ciméaraí	Ciméaracha	Ciméarach
Dative	Ciméarach; Chiméarach¹	Chiméarach; Chiméaraigh (archaic)	Ciméaracha; Chiméaracha²
Comparative	níos Ciméaraí
Superlative	is Ciméaraí

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

• An Chambóid (“Cambodia”)
• Cambódach (“Cambodian”, adjective)
• Cambódach m (“a Cambodian person”)
• Cambóidis (“the Cambodian language”)
• Ciméarach (“Khmer”, adjective)
• Ciméarach m (“a Khmer person”)
• Ciméiris (“the Khmer language”)
• Ríocht na Cambóide (“the Kingdom of Cambodia”)

 

Noun

Ciméarach m (genitive singular Ciméaraigh, nominative plural Ciméaraigh)

1. a Khmer person

Declension

Declension of Ciméarach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Ciméarach Ciméaraigh Vocative a Chiméaraigh a Chiméaracha Genitive Ciméaraigh Ciméarach Dative Ciméarach Ciméaraigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Ciméarach na Ciméaraigh Genitive an Chiméaraigh na gCiméarach Dative leis an gCiméarach don Chiméarach leis na Ciméaraigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Ciméarach	Chiméarach	gCiméarach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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