ciris

See also: ciriș and çiriş

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A version of cirris. Possibly related to Greek ξυρίζω (xyrízo, “to shave”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡siˈɾis/

Verb

ciris (aorist cirisa, participle cirisur) (transitive)

  1. (Arbëresh) to scratch, to rub
    Synonym: kruaj

References

  1. ^ Camarda, Demetrio (1864), Saggio di Grammatologia Comparata sulla Lingua Albanese, con Appendice‎[1], volume II, Livorno: Successore di Egisto Vignozzi e C., page 87
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cirris”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 48

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κεῖρις (keîris).

Noun

cīris f (genitive cīris); third declension

  1. egret
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cīris cīrēs
genitive cīris cīrium
dative cīrī cīribus
accusative cīrem cīrēs
cīrīs
ablative cīre cīribus
vocative cīris cīrēs

Etymology 2

Verb

cīris

  1. second-person singular present passive indicative of ciō

References

  • “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ciris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “ciris”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old English

Noun

ċiris f

  1. alternative form of ċirse (appears in compounds)
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