ciach

See also: Ciach

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciəx/

Etymology 1

Noun

ciach m (genitive singular ciaigh)

1. hoarseness
2. gloom, sadness, grief

Declension

Declension of ciach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative ciach vocative a chiaigh genitive ciaigh dative ciach forms with the definite article singular nominative an ciach genitive an chiaigh dative leis an gciach don chiach

Derived terms

• ciachán m (“hoarseness”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ciach

1. (archaic, dialectal) genitive singular of ceo (“fog, mist”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciach	chiach	gciach

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

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ɕax/

• (Masovia):
  • (Near Masovian) IPA^(key): [ˈt͡ɕax]

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• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: ciach
• Homophone: Ciach

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection

ciach

1. (colloquial) used to describe a situation where someone cuts something with a decisive move
2. (colloquial) used to describe a situation in which some action was performed at lightning speed
3. (Near Masovian) used to imitate the sound of hitting or beating

   Synonyms: chrop, dzbęk

Derived terms

verbs

• ciachać impf, ciachnąć pf

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ciach n

1. genitive plural of ciacho

Further reading

• ciach in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ciach in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Władysław Matlakowski (1891), “ciach”, in “Zbiór wyrazów ludowych dawnej ziemi czerskiej”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 363