ciorcad

Irish

Alternative forms

• ciorcaid f

Etymology

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Noun

ciorcad m (genitive singular ciorcaid, nominative plural ciorcaid)

1. (electricity, etc.) circuit

Declension

Declension of ciorcad (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative ciorcad ciorcaid vocative a chiorcaid a chiorcada genitive ciorcaid ciorcad dative ciorcad ciorcaid forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an ciorcad na ciorcaid genitive an chiorcaid na gciorcad dative leis an gciorcad don chiorcad leis na ciorcaid

Derived terms

• gearrchiorcad m (“short circuit”)
• réabaire ciorcaid m, scoradán ciorcaid m (“circuit breaker”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of ciorcad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ciorcad	chiorcad	gciorcad

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciorcad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN