Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From cíocrach (greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious) +‎ -án.

Noun edit

cíocrachán m (genitive singular cíocracháin, nominative plural cíocracháin)

  1. greedy, hungry person or animal
  2. glutton
    Synonyms: béiceadán, blaochán, bleadrachán, calcaire, craosaire, gainéan, glutaire, gorb, graoisín, longaire, málaeir, slogaire, suthaire

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cíocrachán chíocrachán gcíocrachán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit