ciabh

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíab (“hair (of the head)”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ciabh f (genitive singular céibhe, nominative plural ciabha)

  1. hair, tress

Declension

Declension of ciabh (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ciabh ciabha
vocative a chiabh a chiabha
genitive céibhe ciabh
dative ciabh
céibh (archaic, dialectal) 		ciabha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chiabh na ciabha
genitive na céibhe na gciabh
dative leis an gciabh
leis an gcéibh (archaic, dialectal)
don chiabh
don chéibh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na ciabha

Derived terms

  • céibheann f (“fair-haired lady”)
  • céibhín m (diminutive)
  • ciabhfholt m (“head of hair”)
  • ciabhóg f (“lock”)
  • ciabhra m (“tresses”)
  • ciafart m (“disheveled person”)
  • ciabhach (“long-haired”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciabh
radical lenition eclipsis
ciabh chiabh gciabh

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíab”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “ciaḃ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 187; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciabh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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