ciombal

Irish

Alternative forms

• cimbeal

Etymology

From Old Irish cimbal, borrowed from Latin cymbalum.

Noun

ciombal m (genitive singular ciombail, nominative plural ciombail)

1. (music) cymbal

Declension

Declension of ciombal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciombal ciombail Vocative a chiombail a chiombala Genitive ciombail ciombal Dative ciombal ciombail

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciombal na ciombail Genitive an chiombail na gciombal Dative leis an gciombal don chiombal leis na ciombail

Derived terms

• ciombal ard-hata
• ciombal creatháin
• ciombal crochta
• ciombal plimpe
• ciombal troitheáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciombal	chiombal	gciombal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cimbal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cimbeal”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciombal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ciombal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ciombal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• “cimbeal”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy