cearc

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Irish

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cearc

Etymology

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From Old Irish cerc,[1] from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cearc f (genitive singular circe, nominative plural cearca)

  1. chicken, hen

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cearc chearc gcearc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 217, page 111

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cearc f (dative singular cearc or circ, genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

  1. hen
  2. chicken

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
cearc chearc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “cearc”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language