cíordhubh

Irish

Adjective

cíordhubh (genitive singular masculine cíordhuibh, genitive singular feminine cíordhuibhe, plural cíordhubha, comparative cíordhuibhe)

1. Alternative spelling of ciardhubh (“jet-black, sable”)

Declension

Declension of cíordhubh

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cíordhubh	chíordhubh	cíordhubha; chíordhubha²
Vocative	chíordhuibh		cíordhubha
Genitive		cíordhubhe	cíordhubha	cíordhubh
Dative	cíordhubh; chíordhubh¹	chíordhubh; chíordhuibh (archaic)	cíordhubha; chíordhubha²
Comparative	níos cíordhubhe
Superlative	is cíordhubhe

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíordhubh	chíordhubh	gcíordhubh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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