cerc

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

• IPA^(key): /kʲerk/

cerc f

1. hen (female chicken)
2. female of other birds

Feminine ā-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	cercL	circL	cercaH
Vocative	cercL	circL	cercaH
Accusative	circN	circL	cercaH
Genitive	circeH	cercL	cercN
Dative	circL	cercaib	cercaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• cercdae

• Irish: cearc
• Manx: kiark
• Scottish Gaelic: cearc

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cerc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃerk]

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

cerc n (plural cercuri)

1. a circle

cerc

1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cerca