See also: cior

Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish cír, from Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cíor f (genitive singular círe, nominative plural cíora)

  1. comb
  2. crest
  3. honeycomb
    Synonyms: cíor mheala, criathar meala
  4. cud

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Verb edit

cíor (present analytic cíorann, future analytic cíorfaidh, verbal noun cíoradh, past participle cíortha)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) comb, curry
    Proverb:
    Ceann cíortha a dhíolas na cosa.
    Good grooming compensates for defects of person.
    Proverb:
    Is doiligh ceann catach a chíoradh.
    It is hard to smooth away difficulties.
    (literally, “It is hard to comb a curly head.”)
  2. (transitive, intransitive) discuss, consider, examine, explore
    Synonyms: cuir faoi chaibidil, déan cíoradh, déan trácht, pléigh, spíon, trácht
  3. (transitive) Alternative form of ciar (wax)

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cíor chíor gcíor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit