ciofarlán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

ciofarlán m (genitive singular ciofarláin, nominative plural ciofarláin)

1. ragged, untidy person

Declension

Declension of ciofarlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciofarlán ciofarláin Vocative a chiofarláin a chiofarlána Genitive ciofarláin ciofarlán Dative ciofarlán ciofarláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciofarlán na ciofarláin Genitive an chiofarláin na gciofarlán Dative leis an gciofarlán don chiofarlán leis na ciofarláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciofarlán	chiofarlán	gciofarlán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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