cíar

See also: ciar

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *keiros, 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): [kʲiːa̯r]

Adjective

cíar

  1. murky, dark, gloomy
    Synonym: dorchae
  2. black
    Synonym: dub

Declension

o/ā-stem
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative cíar cíar cíar
vocative céir*
cíar**
accusative cíar céir
genitive céir céire céir
dative cíar céir cíar
plural masculine feminine/neuter
nominative céir cíara
vocative cíaru
cíara†
accusative cíaru
cíara†
genitive cíar
dative cíaraib

*modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative
**modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative
† not when substantivized

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Irish: ciar (“dusky”)
  • Scottish Gaelic: ciar (“dusky”)

Mutation

Mutation of cíar
radical lenition nasalization
cíar chíar cíar
pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

Further reading

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