Scottish Gaelic

Noun

cìr f ‎(genitive singular cìre, plural cìrean)

1. comb, crest (of a cock)
   • eun cìr-dhearg an aonaich‎ ― the red-crested fowl of the heath
2. cud
   • Tha a' bhó a' cnàmh na cìre.‎ ― The cow is chewing the cud.
3. jaw
4. part of a key containing the teeth
5. sheep; any cud-chewing animal

Derived terms

• cìr-mheala

Verb

cìr ‎(past chìr, future cìridh, verbal noun cìreadh, past participle cìrte)

1. comb
2. curry, tease, hackle (as with wool)

References

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)