cíocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

cíocrasach

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccarach, cícrach (“ravenous”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -ach).

Pronunciation

(Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠa(h)/

Adjective

cíocrach (genitive singular masculine cíocraigh, genitive singular feminine cíocraí, plural cíocracha, comparative cíocraí)

greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious (for food, etc.)

Declension

Declension of cíocrach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	cíocrach	chíocrach	cíocracha; chíocracha²
Vocative	chíocraigh	chíocrach	cíocracha
Genitive	chíocraigh	cíocraí	cíocracha	cíocrach
Dative	cíocrach; chíocrach¹	chíocrach; chíocraigh (archaic)	cíocracha; chíocracha²
Comparative	níos cíocraí
Superlative	is cíocraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

cíocrachán (“greedy, hungry, person or animal; glutton”)
maoinchíocrach (“covetous”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíocrach	chíocrach	gcíocrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.