Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish círín.[2] By surface analysis, cíor (“comb”) + -ín.
Pronunciation
Noun
círín m (genitive singular círín, nominative plural círíní)
- crest (summit of a hill or mountain ridge)
- crest (bird’s tuft), comb, topknot
- (heraldry) crest (heraldic bearing)
- crest (ridge or top of a wave), ridge
- flush (suffusion of the face with blood, especially in anger or inebriation)
Tá círín dearg air.- His face is flushed.
Declension
Declension of círín (fourth declension)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
- téigh i gcírín a chéile (“to fight, attack one another viciously”)
Mutation
Mutated forms of círín
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lenition
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eclipsis
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chírín
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gcírín
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ “círín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “círín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 174
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “círín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 195; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “círín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN