ceamach

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciomach

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈcɨ̞mˠa(x)/ (corresponding to the form ciomach)

Noun

ceamach f (genitive singular ceamaí, nominative plural ceamacha)

1. rag, clout (piece of cloth)
2. (in the plural) rags, tattered old clothes
3. lout (bumpkin)
4. slattern, slut, untidy or ragged person

   Synonym: abarlach

Declension

Declension of ceamach

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ceamach ceamacha Vocative a cheamach a cheamacha Genitive ceamaí ceamach Dative ceamach ceamaigh (archaic, dialectal) ceamacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an cheamach na ceamacha Genitive na ceamaí na gceamach Dative leis an gceamach leis an gceamaigh (archaic, dialectal) don cheamach don cheamaigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na ceamacha

Derived terms

• ceamachán
• ceamachas

Adjective

ceamach (genitive singular masculine ceamaigh, genitive singular feminine ceamaí, plural ceamacha, comparative ceamaí)

1. ragged (rent or worn into tatters), tattered

   Synonyms: gioblach, bratógach

2. sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly), slovenly

   Synonyms: sraoilleach, gioblach, giobógach

Declension

Declension of ceamach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ceamach	cheamach	ceamacha; cheamacha²
Vocative	cheamaigh		ceamacha
Genitive		ceamaí	ceamacha	ceamach
Dative	ceamach; cheamach¹	cheamach; cheamaigh (archaic)	ceamacha; cheamacha²
Comparative	níos ceamaí
Superlative	is ceamaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Alternative forms

• ceamánta

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ceamach	cheamach	gceamach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “ceamach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ciomaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 139
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ceamach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN