cíocrach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic cícarach (“ravenous”).[1] By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -ach).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cíocrach (genitive singular masculine cíocraigh, genitive singular feminine cíocraí, plural cíocracha, comparative cíocraí)

  1. greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious (for food, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cíocrach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cíocrach chíocrach cíocracha;
chíocracha2
vocative chíocraigh cíocracha
genitive cíocraí cíocracha cíocrach
dative cíocrach;
chíocrach1 		chíocrach;
chíocraigh (archaic) 		cíocracha;
chíocracha2
Comparative níos cíocraí
Superlative is cíocraí

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíocrach
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocrach chíocrach gcíocrach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíccarach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 252, page 128
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 118, page 45

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