cíocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic cícarach (“ravenous”).[1] By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -ach).

Pronunciation

Adjective

cíocrach (genitive singular masculine cíocraigh, genitive singular feminine cíocraí, plural cíocracha, comparative cíocraí)

  1. greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious (for food, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cíocrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cíocrach chíocrach cíocracha;
chíocracha2
vocative chíocraigh cíocracha
genitive cíocraí cíocracha cíocrach
dative cíocrach;
chíocrach1 		chíocrach;
chíocraigh (archaic) 		cíocracha;
chíocracha2
Comparative níos cíocraí
Superlative is cíocraí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíocrach
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocrach chíocrach gcíocrach

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), “cíccarach”, 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, § 252, page 128
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 118, page 45

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