"Cíarán" meaning in Old Irish

See Cíarán in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈkʲiːa̯raːn/
Etymology: From cíar (“black”) + -án. Popularized by Irish saints dating back from the 5th century. Etymology templates: {{af|sga|cíar|-án|t1=black}} cíar (“black”) + -án Head templates: {{head|sga|proper noun|genitive|Cíaráin|g=m}} Cíarán m (genitive Cíaráin) Inflection templates: {{sga-decl-o-masc|Cíaráin|n=s}}, {{sga-decl-noun|acc_du=Cíarán+L|acc_du2=|acc_du3=|acc_pl=Cíaránu+H|acc_pl2=|acc_pl3=|acc_sg=Cíarán+N|acc_sg2=|acc_sg3=|class=o-m|dat_du=Cíaránaib|dat_du2=|dat_du3=|dat_pl=Cíaránaib|dat_pl2=|dat_pl3=|dat_sg=Cíarán+L|dat_sg2=|dat_sg3=|gen_du=Cíarán|gen_du2=|gen_du3=|gen_pl=Cíarán+N|gen_pl2=|gen_pl3=|gen_pl4=|gen_sg=Cíaráin+L|gen_sg2=|gen_sg3=|n=s|nom_du=Cíarán+L|nom_du2=|nom_du3=|nom_pl=Cíaráin+L|nom_pl2=|nom_pl3=|nom_sg=Cíarán|nom_sg2=|nom_sg3=|voc_du=Cíarán+L|voc_du2=|voc_du3=|voc_pl=Cíaránu+H|voc_pl2=|voc_pl3=|voc_sg=Cíaráin|voc_sg2=|voc_sg3=}} Forms: Cíaráin [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cíarán [nominative, singular], - [dual, nominative], - [nominative, plural], Cíaráin [singular, vocative], - [dual, vocative], - [plural, vocative], Cíarán [accusative, singular], - [accusative, dual], - [accusative, plural], Cíaráin [genitive, singular], - [dual, genitive], - [genitive, plural], Cíarán [dative, singular], - [dative, dual], - [dative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Cíarán [error-unrecognized-form], Chíarán [error-unrecognized-form], Cíarán
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Ciarán"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: Ciarán\n→ English: Ciaran, Keiran, Kieran, Kieron",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: Ciarán\n→ English: Ciaran, Keiran, Kieran, Kieron"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "Kjaran",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: Kjaran\nIcelandic: Kjaran",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: Kjaran\nIcelandic: Kjaran"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cíar",
        "3": "-án",
        "t1": "black"
      },
      "expansion": "cíar (“black”) + -án",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cíar (“black”) + -án. Popularized by Irish saints dating back from the 5th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chíarán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Cíaráin",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Cíarán m (genitive Cíaráin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cíaráin",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Cíaránu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Cíarán+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "Cíaránaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Cíaránaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Cíarán+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "Cíarán",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Cíarán+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "Cíaráin+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Cíaráin+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Cíarán",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Cíaránu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Cíaráin",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Irish terms suffixed with -án",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "id": "en-Cíarán-sga-name-h8YdwBAs",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲiːa̯raːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cíarán"
}
{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ga",
            "2": "Ciarán"
          },
          "expansion": "Irish: Ciarán\n→ English: Ciaran, Keiran, Kieran, Kieron",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Irish: Ciarán\n→ English: Ciaran, Keiran, Kieran, Kieron"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "non",
            "2": "Kjaran",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Norse: Kjaran\nIcelandic: Kjaran",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Norse: Kjaran\nIcelandic: Kjaran"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "cíar",
        "3": "-án",
        "t1": "black"
      },
      "expansion": "cíar (“black”) + -án",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cíar (“black”) + -án. Popularized by Irish saints dating back from the 5th century.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sga-decl-o-masc",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíaráin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Chíarán",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Cíarán",
      "source": "mutation"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sga",
        "2": "proper noun",
        "3": "genitive",
        "4": "Cíaráin",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "Cíarán m (genitive Cíaráin)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "Cíaráin",
        "n": "s"
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-o-masc"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "acc_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "acc_du2": "",
        "acc_du3": "",
        "acc_pl": "Cíaránu+H",
        "acc_pl2": "",
        "acc_pl3": "",
        "acc_sg": "Cíarán+N",
        "acc_sg2": "",
        "acc_sg3": "",
        "class": "o-m",
        "dat_du": "Cíaránaib",
        "dat_du2": "",
        "dat_du3": "",
        "dat_pl": "Cíaránaib",
        "dat_pl2": "",
        "dat_pl3": "",
        "dat_sg": "Cíarán+L",
        "dat_sg2": "",
        "dat_sg3": "",
        "gen_du": "Cíarán",
        "gen_du2": "",
        "gen_du3": "",
        "gen_pl": "Cíarán+N",
        "gen_pl2": "",
        "gen_pl3": "",
        "gen_pl4": "",
        "gen_sg": "Cíaráin+L",
        "gen_sg2": "",
        "gen_sg3": "",
        "n": "s",
        "nom_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "nom_du2": "",
        "nom_du3": "",
        "nom_pl": "Cíaráin+L",
        "nom_pl2": "",
        "nom_pl3": "",
        "nom_sg": "Cíarán",
        "nom_sg2": "",
        "nom_sg3": "",
        "voc_du": "Cíarán+L",
        "voc_du2": "",
        "voc_du3": "",
        "voc_pl": "Cíaránu+H",
        "voc_pl2": "",
        "voc_pl3": "",
        "voc_sg": "Cíaráin",
        "voc_sg2": "",
        "voc_sg3": ""
      },
      "name": "sga-decl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Irish",
  "lang_code": "sga",
  "pos": "name",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Irish given names",
        "Old Irish lemmas",
        "Old Irish male given names",
        "Old Irish masculine nouns",
        "Old Irish masculine o-stem nouns",
        "Old Irish proper nouns",
        "Old Irish terms suffixed with -án",
        "Old Irish uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a male given name"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʲiːa̯raːn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Cíarán"
}

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