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: Akademia e Shkencave e Republikës Popullore të Shqipërisë, Instituti i Gjuhësisë dhe i Letërsisë, page 48

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Derived 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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