cíocrach
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish cíccarach, cícrach (“ravenous”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) + -ach).
Adjective
cíocrach (genitive singular masculine cíocraigh, genitive singular feminine cíocraí, plural cíocracha, comparative cíocraí)
Declension
Declension of cíocrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | cíocrach | chíocrach | cíocracha; chíocracha² | |
| Vocative | chíocraigh | cíocracha | ||
| Genitive | cíocraí | cíocracha | cíocrach | |
| Dative | cíocrach; chíocrach¹ |
chíocrach; chíocraigh (archaic) |
cíocracha; chíocracha² | |
| Comparative | níos cíocraí | |||
| Superlative | is cíocraí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- cíocrachán (“greedy, hungry, person or animal; glutton”)
- maoinchíocrach (“covetous”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| cíocrach | chíocrach | gcíocrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “cíocrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cíocrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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