Irish
Etymology
Possibly a calque of English moorhen.
Pronunciation
Noun
cearc fhraoigh f (genitive singular circe fraoigh, nominative plural cearca fraoigh)
- moorhen (female red grouse)
Declension
Declension of cearc fhraoigh (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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cearc fhraoigh
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cearca fraoigh
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| vocative
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a chearc fhraoigh
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a chearca fraoigh
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| genitive
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circe fraoigh
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cearc fraoigh
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| dative
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cearc fhraoigh
circ fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)
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cearca fraoigh
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an chearc fhraoigh
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na cearca fraoigh
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| genitive
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na circe fraoigh
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na gcearc fraoigh
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| dative
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leis an gcearc fhraoigh
leis an gcirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)
don chearc fhraoigh
don chirc fhraoigh (archaic, dialectal)
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leis na cearca fraoigh
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Coordinate terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of cearc fhraoigh
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| cearc fhraoigh
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chearc fhraoigh
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gcearc fhraoigh
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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