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Mandarin
Romanization
cír (cir2, Zhuyin ㄘˊㄦ)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 詞兒/词儿
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā, from Proto-Indo-European *kes- (“to comb, scratch”), see also Proto-Slavic *kosa (“hair”), Lithuanian kasa (“braid”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cír f
- comb, rake
- crest, tip
Inflection
Feminine ā-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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Nominative
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círL
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círL
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círaH
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Vocative
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círL
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círL
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círaH
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Accusative
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círN
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círL
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círaH
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Genitive
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círeH
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círL
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círN
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Dative
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círL
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círaib
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círaib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
Mutation of cír
radical |
lenition |
nasalization
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cír
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chír
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cír pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cír”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) “kisra”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 204