ciar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíar (“dark”), from Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ciəɾˠ/

Adjective

ciar (genitive singular masculine céir, genitive singular feminine céire, plural ciara, comparative céire)

1. swarthy, dark

Declension

Derived terms

• ciardhubh (“jet black, sable”)
• ciaróg (“beetle”)

Related terms

• Ciarán

Mutation

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Latin

Verb

ciar

1. first-person singular future passive indicative of ciō

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cíar (“dark”), from Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cʰiaɾ/

Adjective

ciar (comparative nas cèire / na bu chèire)

1. swarthy, dark, dun, dusky
2. gloomy, depressed.

Related terms

• ciarag

Mutation

Spanish

Etymology

Probably from Old Spanish cía (“thighbone”), referring to the use of this bone when rowing, from Latin scias, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιας (iskhias, “sciatic”), from ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ˈθjaɾ/
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ciar

Verb

ciar (first-person singular present cío, first-person singular preterite cie, past participle ciado)

1. (intransitive) to back water

Conjugation

References

Further reading

• “ciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014