cíocras

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccaras, cícras (“greed”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -as).

Pronunciation

Noun

cíocras m (genitive singular cíocrais)

  1. greed, eagerness (for food, etc.)
  2. avarice
    Synonyms: gabhálacht, saint

Declension

Declension of cíocras (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative cíocras
vocative a chíocrais
genitive cíocrais
dative cíocras
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an cíocras
genitive an chíocrais
dative leis an gcíocras
don chíocras

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíocras
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocras chíocras gcíocras

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

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