ciar

== Irish == === Etymology === From Old Irish cíar (“dark”), from Proto-Celtic *keiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ciəɾˠ/ Homophone: cíor (one pronunciation of cíor) === Adjective === ciar (genitive singular masculine céir, genitive singular feminine céire, plural ciara, comparative céire) swarthy, dark ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ciardhubh (“jet black, sable”) ciaróg (“beetle”) ==== Related terms ==== Ciarán === Mutation === === Further reading === Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ciar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN == Latin == === Verb === ciar first-person singular future passive indicative of ciō == Scottish Gaelic == === Etymology === From Old Irish cíar (“dark”), from Proto-Celtic *keiros, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey, dark”). Further cognates are Old Novgorodian хѣрь (xěrĭ, “gray cloth”) and Old English hār (“grey-haired”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /cʰiaɾ/ === Adjective === ciar (comparative nas cèire / na bu chèire) swarthy, dark, dun, dusky gloomy, depressed. ==== Related terms ==== ciarag === Mutation === == Spanish == === Etymology === Cognate with French scier, Italian s(c)iare, both with the same sense. Further origin unknown. According to Roberts, from Old Spanish cía (“thighbone”), from Latin scias, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιας (iskhias, “sciatic”), from ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”); referring to the use of this bone when rowing. Others consider it onomatopoeic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈθjaɾ/ [ˈθjaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /ˈsjaɾ/ [ˈsjaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: ciar === Verb === ciar (first-person singular present cío, first-person singular preterite cie, past participle ciado) (intransitive) to back water ==== Conjugation ==== === References === === Further reading === “ciar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025