cearc

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Irish

cearc

Etymology

From Old Irish cerc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Pronunciation

Noun

cearc f (genitive singular circe, nominative plural cearca)

  1. chicken, hen

Declension

Declension of cearc (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cearc cearca
vocative a chearc a chearca
genitive circe cearc
dative cearc
circ (archaic, dialectal) 		cearca
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an chearc na cearca
genitive na circe na gcearc
dative leis an gcearc
leis an gcirc (archaic, dialectal)
don chearc
don chirc (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na cearca

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cearc
radical lenition eclipsis
cearc chearc gcearc

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), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 217, page 111

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Pronunciation

Noun

cearc f (dative singular cearc or circ, genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

  1. hen
  2. chicken

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of cearc
radical lenition
cearc chearc

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  3. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1940) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. I: The dialects of the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cearc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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