cíocra

Irish

Etymology

(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

cíocra f (genitive singular cíocra, nominative plural cíocraí)

(geology) swallow hole, sinkhole
Synonyms: poll slogaide, slogaide, súmaire

Declension

Declension of cíocra

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cíocra	cíocraí
Vocative	a chíocra	a chíocraí
Genitive	cíocra	cíocraí
Dative	cíocra	cíocraí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chíocra	na cíocraí
Genitive	na cíocra	na gcíocraí
Dative	leis an gcíocra don chíocra	leis na cíocraí

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocra”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cíocra”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“cíocra”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024