cíocras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccaras, cícras (“greed”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -as).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

cíocras m (genitive singular cíocrais)

1. greed, eagerness (for food, etc.)
2. avarice

   Synonyms: gabhálacht, saint

Declension

Declension of cíocras

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative cíocras Vocative a chíocrais Genitive cíocrais Dative cíocras

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an cíocras Genitive an chíocrais Dative leis an gcíocras don chíocras

Derived terms

• cíocras fola (“bloodthirstiness”)
• cíocras gnéis (“virility”)
• cíocrasach (“greedy, eager”)
• cíocrasán (“greedy, hungry person or animal; glutton”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíocras	chíocras	gcíocras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cíccaras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “cíocras” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “cíocras” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.