cíocra

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare cíocrach (“greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious”), cíocras (“greed, eagerness; avarice”).

Noun

cíocra f (genitive singular cíocra, nominative plural cíocraí)

  1. (geology) swallow hole, sinkhole
    Synonyms: poll slogaide, slogaide, súmaire

Declension

Declension of cíocra (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cíocra cíocraí
vocative a chíocra a chíocraí
genitive cíocra cíocraí
dative cíocra cíocraí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an chíocra na cíocraí
genitive na cíocra na gcíocraí
dative leis an gcíocra
don chíocra 		leis na cíocraí

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíocra
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocra chíocra gcíocra

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

References

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