cíar
See also: ciar
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲiːa̯r]
Declension
| o/ā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | cíar | cíar | cíar |
| Vocative | céir* cíar** | ||
| Accusative | cíar | céir | |
| Genitive | céir | céire | céir |
| Dative | cíar | céir | cíar |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | céir | cíara | |
| Vocative | cíaru cíara† | ||
| Accusative | cíaru cíara† | ||
| Genitive | cíar | ||
| Dative | cíaraib | ||
| Notes | *modifying a noun whose vocative is different from its nominative **modifying a noun whose vocative is identical to its nominative | ||
Derived terms
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| cíar | chíar | cíar pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 cíar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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