cìr
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cir"
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish cír, from Proto-Celtic *kīnsrā.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰʲiːɾʲ/
Noun
cìr f (genitive singular cìre, plural cìrean)
- comb, crest (of a cock)
- eun cìr-dhearg an aonaich ― the red-crested fowl of the heath
- cud
- Tha a' bhó a' cnàmh na cìre. ― The cow is chewing the cud.
- jaw
- part of a key containing the teeth
- sheep; any cud-chewing animal
Derived terms
- cìr-mheala
Verb
cìr (past chìr, future cìridh, verbal noun cìreadh, past participle cìrte)
- comb
- curry, tease, hackle (as with wool)
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “cìr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Compiled by Malcolm MacLennan)