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See also: cior
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- cíoraigh (verb)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cír, from Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cíor f (genitive singular círe, nominative plural cíora)
- comb
- crest
- honeycomb
- Synonyms: cíor mheala, criathar meala
- cud
Declension
[edit]Declension of cíor
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- cíor chapaill (“curry-comb”)
- cíor chinn, cíor chúil (“hair-comb”)
- cíor cnoic (“crest of hill”)
- cíor coiligh (“cockscomb”)
- cíor fiacla, déadchíor (“set of teeth, denture”)
- cíor gharbh (“large-toothed comb”)
- cíor lámhaigh (“crenellation”)
- cíor mhín (“fine-toothed comb”)
- cíor mhullaigh tí (“ridge of roof”)
- cíor thuathail (“confusion, bewilderment”)
- cíorach (“toothed”)
- cíoradóir (“comber”)
- cíorán, círín (“crest”)
- cíorbhuí (“goldcrest”)
- cíormhaire (“(wool-)comber; fuller; comb-maker”)
- cíorphatrún (“comb pattern”)
Verb
[edit]cíor (present analytic cíorann, future analytic cíorfaidh, verbal noun cíoradh, past participle cíortha)
- (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.”)
- Proverb:
- (transitive, intransitive) discuss, consider, examine, explore
- Synonyms: cuir faoi chaibidil, déan cíoradh, déan trácht, pléigh, spíon, trácht
- (transitive) Alternative form of ciar (“wax”)
Conjugation
[edit]conjugation of cíor (first conjugation – A)
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
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| 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]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 45
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