cíoná

Irish

Alternative forms

cianóg, cíonaí, cíonán, cíonáth

Etymology

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Noun

cíoná m (genitive singular cíoná)

(card games) five of trumps (at game of twenty-five, etc.)
chief, champion; star

Declension

Declension of cíoná

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	cíoná
Vocative	a chíoná
Genitive	cíoná
Dative	cíoná

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an cíoná
Genitive	an chíoná
Dative	leis an gcíoná don chíoná

Derived terms

an cíoná a tharraingt as cúl do ghlaice (“pull a rabbit out of a hat”)
cíoná na cuideachta (“star turn”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíoná	chíoná	gcíoná
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cíoná”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “cíoná” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “cíoná” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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