cileagram

Irish

Etymology

From French kilogramme, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi, “one thousand”) + γράμμα (grámma, “a small weight, a scruple”), as if cilea- +‎ gram.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪlʲəɡɾˠamˠ/

Noun

cileagram m (genitive singular cileagraim, nominative plural cileagraim)

1. kilogram

Declension

Declension of cileagram

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cileagram cileagraim Vocative a chileagraim a chileagrama Genitive cileagraim cileagram Dative cileagram cileagraim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cileagram na cileagraim Genitive an chileagraim na gcileagram Dative leis an gcileagram don chileagram leis na cileagraim

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cileagram	chileagram	gcileagram
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cileagram”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN