cerc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʲerk/

Noun

cerc f

  1. hen (female chicken)
  2. female of other birds

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
cerc cherc cerc
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “cerc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos). Compare circ, a borrowed doublet.

Noun

cerc n (plural cercuri)

  1. a circle

Declension

Derived terms

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