cíar
See also: ciar
Old Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editcíar
Declension
edito/ā-stem | |||
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Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | cíar | cíar | cíar |
Vocative | céir* cíar** | ||
Accusative | cíar | céir | |
Genitive | céir | céire | céir |
Dative | cíar | céir | cíar |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
Nominative | céir | cíara | |
Vocative | cíaru cíara† | ||
Accusative | cíaru cíara† | ||
Genitive | cíar | ||
Dative | cíaraib | ||
Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative |
Derived terms
editDescendants
editMutation
editOld Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
cíar | chíar | cíar pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 cíar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Categories:
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Irish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ḱeh₃-
- Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish lemmas
- Old Irish adjectives
- Old Irish o/ā-stem adjectives