cerc

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *kerkā, imitative of harsh sounds, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, same source as Latin cornix (“crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʲerk/

Noun

cerc f

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

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cercL	circL	cercaH
Vocative	cercL	circL	cercaH
Accusative	circN	circL	cercaH
Genitive	circeH	cercL	cercN
Dative	circL	cercaib	cercaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Derived terms

• cercdae

Descendants

• Irish: cearc
• Manx: kiark
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
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

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerk]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cerc n (plural cercuri)

1. a circle

Declension

Declension of cerc

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) cerc	cercul	(niște) cercuri	cercurile
genitive/dative	(unui) cerc	cercului	(unor) cercuri	cercurilor
vocative	cercule		cercurilor

Derived terms

• cercui
• cercuibil
• cercuire
• cercuit
• cercuitor
• încercui

 

Related terms

• cearcăn
• cerca
• cercel
• circuit
• circular
• încerca

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cerc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cerca