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cír

cír

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cir"

Mandarin

Romanization

cír (Zhuyin ㄘˊㄦ)

Pinyin transcription of 詞兒, 词儿

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʲiːr/

Noun

cír f

comb, rake
crest, tip

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

Irish: cíor
Manx: kere, kerey
Scottish Gaelic: cìr

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cír	chír	cír pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cír” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.