cíoná
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
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Noun
editcíoná m (genitive singular cíoná)
- (card games) five of trumps (at game of twenty-five, etc.)
- chief, champion; star
Declension
editDeclension of cíoná
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- an cíoná a tharraingt as cúl do ghlaice (“pull a rabbit out of a hat”)
- cíoná na cuideachta (“star turn”)
Mutation
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíoná”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cíoná”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “cíoná”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024