ciarsúr

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciarsúir m

Etymology

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Noun

ciarsúr m (genitive singular ciarsúir, nominative plural ciarsúir)

1. kerchief, handkerchief

   Synonyms: bréidín, brat cinn, cafarr

Declension

Declension of ciarsúr (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ciarsúr ciarsúir vocative a chiarsúir a chiarsúra genitive ciarsúir ciarsúr dative ciarsúr ciarsúir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ciarsúr na ciarsúir genitive an chiarsúir na gciarsúr dative leis an gciarsúr don chiarsúr leis na ciarsúir

Derived terms

• ciarsúr brád (“neckerchief”)
• ciarsúr póca (“pocket-handkerchief”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciarsúr

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciarsúr	chiarsúr	gciarsúr

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ciarsúr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN