cigire

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Hungarian

Etymology

cigi +‎ -re

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ci‧gi‧re

Noun

cigire

  1. sublative singular of cigi

Irish

Etymology

Coined by Tadhg Ó Neachtain (c. 1670 – c. 1752) based on a misreading of cighim (itself a rare and now obsolete alternative spelling of cím (I see)) as cigim, expanded by the suffix -ire.[1] Began to see actual use in Irish at the beginning of the 20th century.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

cigire m (genitive singular cigire, nominative plural cigirí)

  1. inspector
  2. (derogatory) gay man, faggot, poof (shortened from cigire tóna (literally arse inspector))

Declension

Declension of cigire (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cigire cigirí
vocative a chigire a chigirí
genitive cigire cigirí
dative cigire cigirí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cigire na cigirí
genitive an chigire na gcigirí
dative leis an gcigire
don chigire
leis na cigirí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cigire
radical lenition eclipsis
cigire chigire gcigire

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

References

  1. ^ Tomás de Bhaldraithe (1959) English–Irish Dictionary, Dublin: An Gúm, page v
  2. ^ cigire at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.

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