cíocrach

Irish

Alternative forms

• cíocrasach

Etymology

From Old Irish cíccarach, cícrach (“ravenous”). By surface analysis, cíocra (“swallow hole”) +‎ -ach).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈciːkɾˠa(h)/

Adjective

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

1. 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		cíocracha
Genitive		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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cíocrach	chíocrach	gcíocrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cíocrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “cíocrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “cíocrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024