ciorclach

Irish

Etymology

From ciorcal (“circle”) +‎ -ach. Compare Scottish Gaelic cearclach.

Adjective

ciorclach (genitive singular masculine ciorclaigh, genitive singular feminine ciorclaí, plural ciorclacha, comparative ciorclaí)

1. circular
2. (geometry) cyclic

Declension

Declension of ciorclach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	ciorclach	chiorclach	ciorclacha; chiorclacha2
vocative	chiorclaigh		ciorclacha
genitive		ciorclaí	ciorclacha	ciorclach
dative	ciorclach; chiorclach1	chiorclach; chiorclaigh (archaic)	ciorclacha; chiorclacha2
Comparative	níos ciorclaí
Superlative	is ciorclaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciorclach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorclach	chiorclach	gciorclach

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