ciar

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Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cíar (dark), from Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (grey, dark). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, gray cloth) and Old English hār (grey-haired).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ciar (genitive singular masculine céir, genitive singular feminine céire, plural ciara, comparative céire)

  1. swarthy, dark

Declension[edit]

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Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ciar chiar gciar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

ciar

  1. first-person singular future passive indicative of ciō

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish cíar (dark), from Proto-Celtic *kēros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (grey, dark). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, gray cloth) and Old English hār (grey-haired).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ciar (comparative nas cèire / na bu chèire)

  1. swarthy, dark, dun, dusky
  2. gloomy, depressed.

Related terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
ciar chiar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Old Spanish cía (thighbone), referring to the use of this bone when rowing, from Latin scias, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιας (iskhias, sciatic), from ἰσχίον (iskhíon, hip).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθjaɾ/ [ˈθjaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈsjaɾ/ [ˈsjaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ciar

Verb[edit]

ciar (first-person singular present cío, first-person singular preterite cie, past participle ciado)

  1. (intransitive) to back water

Conjugation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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