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cerc

cerc

Old Irish

Noun

cerc f

hen (female chicken)
female of other birds

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

Derived terms

cercdae

Descendants

Irish: cearc
Manx: kiark
Scottish Gaelic: cearc

Mutation

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

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin circus.

Noun

cerc n ‎(plural cercuri)

a circle

Declension

declension of cerc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cerc	cercul	(niște) cercuri	cercurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cerc	cercului	(unor) cercuri	cercurilor
vocative	cercule		cercurilor

Related terms

încercui
circuit
cercuire
cercui
cercuit
cercuitor
cercuibil
circular