cerc

See also: cerç

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cercus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈsɛrk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɛɾk]

Noun

cerc m (plural cercs)

1. cercus

Etymology 2

Verb

cerc

1. (Balearic, Alghero) first-person singular present indicative of cercar

Further reading

• “cerc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cerc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cerc” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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): /ˈkʲeɾk/

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

Mutation of cerc

radical	lenition	nasalization
cerc	cherc	cerc pronounced with /ɡʲ-/

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, 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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	cerc	cercul	cercuri	cercurile
genitive-dative	cerc	cercului	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