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)
- greed, eagerness (for food, etc.)
- avarice
- Synonyms: gabhálacht, saint
Declension
Declension of cíocras
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- cíocras fola (“bloodthirstiness”)
- cíocras gnéis (“virility”)
- cíocrasach (“greedy, eager”)
- cíocrasán (“greedy, hungry person or animal; glutton”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cíocras | chíocras | gcíocras |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cíccaras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “cíocras” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cíocras” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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