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cispheil

basketball

NounFeminineC1

"cispheil" means "basketball" in Irish (feminine noun). Mutation forms: Séimhiú → chispheil, Urú → gcispheil.

Mutation forms

In Irish, the first letter of "cispheil" changes depending on the grammatical context. These are the mutated forms:

MutationForm
Base formcispheil
Séimhiúchispheil
Urúgcispheil

"cispheil" in context

D'imir mé cispheil inné.

I played basketball yesterday.

A2

An imríonn tú cispheil?

Do you play basketball?

A2

Is maith liom cispheil a imirt.

I like to play basketball.

B1

Further reading

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