cíocra
Irish edit
Etymology edit
(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 edit
cíocra f (genitive singular cíocra, nominative plural cíocraí)
- (geology) swallow hole, sinkhole
- Synonyms: poll slogaide, slogaide, súmaire
Declension edit
Declension of cíocra
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cíocra | chíocra | gcíocra |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cíocra” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cíocra” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.