cíocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

cíocrasach

Etymology

From Classical Gaelic cícarach (“ravenous”).^[1] By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -ach).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkəɾˠəx/^[2]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəx/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠa(x)/^[3]

Adjective

cíocrach (genitive singular masculine cíocraigh, genitive singular feminine cíocraí, plural cíocracha, comparative cíocraí)

greedy, eager, ravenous, voracious (for food, etc.)

Declension

Declension of *cíocrach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	cíocrach	chíocrach	cíocracha; chíocracha²
vocative	chíocraigh	chíocrach	cíocracha
genitive	chíocraigh	cíocraí	cíocracha	cíocrach
dative	cíocrach; chíocrach¹	chíocrach; chíocraigh (archaic)	cíocracha; chíocracha²
Comparative	níos cíocraí
Superlative	is cíocraí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

cíocrachán (“greedy, hungry, person or animal; glutton”)
maoinchíocrach (“covetous”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *cíocrach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
cíocrach	chíocrach	gcíocrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cíccarach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 252, page 128
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 118, page 45