ciorcad

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciorcaid f

Etymology

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Noun

ciorcad m (genitive singular ciorcaid, nominative plural ciorcaid)

1. (electricity, etc.) circuit

Declension

Declension of ciorcad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ciorcad ciorcaid Vocative a chiorcaid a chiorcada Genitive ciorcaid ciorcad Dative ciorcad ciorcaid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ciorcad na ciorcaid Genitive an chiorcaid na gciorcad Dative leis an gciorcad don chiorcad leis na ciorcaid

Derived terms

• gearrchiorcad m (“short circuit”)
• réabaire ciorcaid m, scoradán ciorcaid m (“circuit breaker”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ciorcad	chiorcad	gciorcad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciorcad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN