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ciar.

swarthy, dark

4 characters1 syllables approx.Gaeilge language

Meaning & usage

adj/ciəɾˠ/
  1. swarthy, dark

Where this word comes from

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”).

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