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cearc

cearc

Irish

cearc

Noun

cearc f ‎(genitive singular circe, nominative plural cearca)

chicken, hen

Declension

Declension of cearc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cearc	cearca
Vocative	a chearc	a chearca
Genitive	circe	cearc
Dative	cearc circ (archaic, dialectal)	cearca

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chearc	na cearca
Genitive	na circe	na gcearc
Dative	leis an gcearc leis an gcirc (archaic, dialectal) don chearc don chirc (archaic, dialectal)	leis na cearca

Derived terms

circín ‎(diminutive)
cró cearc ‎(“henhouse”)
gearrchearc ‎(“bantam”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cearc	chearc	gcearc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“cerc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
“cearc” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
"cearc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish cerc, from Proto-Celtic *kerkā.

Noun

cearc f ‎(genitive singular circe, plural cearcan)

hen
chicken

Derived terms

Terms derived from cearc

cearc-Fhrangach ‎(“turkey-hen”)
cearc-ghur ‎(“broody”)

clamhan-nan-cearc ‎(“hen harrier”)

coileach Innseanach ‎(“female guinea fowl”)

References

Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
“cerc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.