Cipireach

Irish

Etymology

From Cipir (“Cyprus”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

Cipireach (genitive singular masculine Cipirigh, genitive singular feminine Cipirí, plural Cipireacha, not comparable)

1. Cypriot

Declension

Declension of Cipireach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	Cipireach	Chipireach	Cipireacha; Chipireacha²
Vocative	Chipirigh		Cipireacha
Genitive		Cipirí	Cipireacha	Cipireach
Dative	Cipireach; Chipireach¹	Chipireach; Chipirigh (archaic)	Cipireacha; Chipireacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Noun

Cipireach m (genitive singular Cipirigh, nominative plural Cipirigh)

1. Cypriot

Declension

Declension of Cipireach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Cipireach Cipirigh Vocative a Chipirigh a Chipireacha Genitive Cipirigh Cipireach Dative Cipireach Cipirigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Cipireach na Cipirigh Genitive an Chipirigh na gCipireach Dative leis an gCipireach don Chipireach leis na Cipirigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Cipireach	Chipireach	gCipireach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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