cigire
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Hungarian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cigire
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Coined by Tadhg Ó Neachtain (c. 1670 – c. 1752) based on a misreading of cighim (itself a rare and now obsolete alternative spelling of cím (“I see”)) as cigim, expanded by the suffix -ire.[1] Began to see actual use in Irish at the beginning of the 20th century.[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cigire m (genitive singular cigire, nominative plural cigirí)
- inspector
- (derogatory) gay man, faggot, poof (shortened from cigire tóna (literally “arse inspector”))
Declension[edit]
Declension of cigire
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cigire | chigire | gcigire |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ Tomás de Bhaldraithe (1959) English–Irish Dictionary, Dublin: An Gúm, page v
- ^ cigire at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cigire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 137
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cigire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN