cerc

Old Irish

From Proto-Celtic *kerkā, imitative of harsh sounds, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer-, same source as Latin cornix (“crow”).

cerc f

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cerc^L	circ^L	cerca^H
Vocative	cerc^L	circ^L	cerca^H
Accusative	circ^N	circ^L	cerca^H
Genitive	circe^H	cerc^L	cerc^N
Dative	circ^L	cercaib	cercaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
cerc	cherc	cerc pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Inherited from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos). Compare circ, a borrowed doublet.

cerc n (plural cercuri)

Declension of cerc

cerc

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