ciliméadar

Irish

Etymology

From French kilomètre, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “thousand”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /cɪlʲəˈmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲeːd̪ˠəɾˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈcɪlʲəmʲed̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

ciliméadar m (genitive singular ciliméadair, nominative plural ciliméadair)

  1. kilometre

Declension
Declension of ciliméadar

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ciliméadar ciliméadair
Vocative a chiliméadair a chiliméadara
Genitive ciliméadair ciliméadar
Dative ciliméadar ciliméadair

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ciliméadar na ciliméadair
Genitive an chiliméadair na gciliméadar
Dative leis an gciliméadar

don chiliméadar

 leis na ciliméadair

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciliméadar chiliméadar gciliméadar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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