cirk

cirk

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡siɾk/

Etymology 1

From Italian circo.

Noun

cirk m (plural cirqe, definite cirku, definite plural cirqet)

  1. circus
  2. (geology) crater on moon's surface
    Synonym: krater
Declension
Declension of cirk
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cirk cirku cirqe cirqet
accusative cirkun
dative cirku cirkut cirqeve cirqeve
ablative cirqesh

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic, parallel with cirkë or source of it. Compare to carbë from carb as a postverbal.[1]

Verb

cirk (aorist cirka, participle cirkur)

  1. to drip
    (Gheg) ja nisi me cirkë tavanithe ceiling started to drip
Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cirkë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 47

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus, from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, ring), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to turn, bend).

Noun

cirk m (plural cirkow)

  1. circus

Derived terms

  • mester cirk m (ringmaster)

References

  • cirk” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.