cíocras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccaras, cícras (“greed”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -as).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

cíocras m (genitive singular cíocrais)

  1. greed, eagerness (for food, etc.)
  2. avarice
    Synonyms: gabhálacht, saint

Declension

Declension of cíocras (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative cíocras
vocative a chíocrais
genitive cíocrais
dative cíocras
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an cíocras
genitive an chíocrais
dative leis an gcíocras
don chíocras

Derived terms

  • cíocras fola (“bloodthirstiness”)
  • cíocras gnéis (“virility”)
  • cíocrasach (“greedy, eager”)
  • cíocrasán (“greedy, hungry person or animal; glutton”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cíocras
radical lenition eclipsis
cíocras chíocras gcíocras

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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