ceirmeach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

ceirmeach (genitive singular masculine ceirmigh, genitive singular feminine ceirmí, plural ceirmeacha, not comparable)

1. ceramic (made of ceramic)

Declension

Declension of ceirmeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceirmeach	cheirmeach	ceirmeacha; cheirmeacha²
Vocative	cheirmigh		ceirmeacha
Genitive		ceirmí	ceirmeacha	ceirmeach
Dative	ceirmeach; cheirmeach¹	cheirmeach; cheirmigh (archaic)	ceirmeacha; cheirmeacha²
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.

Related terms

• ceireamach
• ceirmeacht

Noun

ceirmeach m (genitive singular ceirmigh, nominative plural ceirmigh)

1. ceramic

Declension

Declension of ceirmeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ceirmeach ceirmigh Vocative a cheirmigh a cheirmeacha Genitive ceirmigh ceirmeach Dative ceirmeach ceirmigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ceirmeach na ceirmigh Genitive an cheirmigh na gceirmeach Dative leis an gceirmeach don cheirmeach leis na ceirmigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceirmeach	cheirmeach	gceirmeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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