cíocras

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccaras, cícras (“greed”); synchronically analyzable as cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -as).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəsˠ/

Noun

cíocras m (genitive singular cíocrais)

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

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

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.
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