ciar in Scottish Gaelic

IPA: /cʰiaɾ/ Forms: nas cèire [comparative], na bu chèire [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], ciar [error-unrecognized-form], chiar [error-unrecognized-form] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish cíar (“dark”), from Proto-Celtic *keiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”). Etymology templates: {{root|gd|ine-pro|*(s)ḱeh₃-}}, {{inh|gd|sga|cíar||dark}} Old Irish cíar (“dark”), {{inh|gd|cel-pro|*keiros}} Proto-Celtic *keiros, {{der|gd|ine-pro||*(s)ḱeh₃i-}} Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, {{cog|zle-ono|хѣрь||gray cloth}} Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”), {{cog|ang|hār||grey-haired}} Old English hār (“grey-haired”) Head templates: {{head|gd|adjective|comparative|nas cèire / na bu chèire}} ciar (comparative nas cèire / na bu chèire)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "form": "nas cèire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bu chèire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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    {
      "form": "l-self",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰiaɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ciar"
}

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    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *(s)ḱeh₃-",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish",
    "Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Proto-Celtic"
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    {
      "form": "nas cèire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na bu chèire",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/cʰiaɾ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ciar"
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: ciar/Scottish Gaelic 'radical' base_tags=set()",
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  "section": "Scottish Gaelic",
  "subsection": "adjective",
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"ciar" meaning in Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

Inflected forms