cira चिर – long; lasting

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cirá ·a. long (of time), lasting, ancient, old. n. delay; also adv. a long time, too long, long ago, w. kṛ make long, put off, delay. cira (°--) & any of the obl. cases adv. after a long time, long since, too late, at last, at length, finally.

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cira cira, as, ā, am (fr. rt. 1. ci, or perhaps rather fr. rt. car), long, lasting a long time, existing from ancient times, old; ciraṃ kālam, during a long time; cirāt kālāt, after a long time; (am), n. a long time, delay, putting off for too long a time (e. g. gamana-ciram, delay in going; kiṃ cireṇa, wherefore delay ? kiyac-cireṇa, for how long a time ? a-cirāt or a-ciratas, after no long time, soon, shortly; cf. a-cira). Any of the oblique cases sing. of cira may be used adverbially, e. g. ciram or cireṇa or cirāya or cirāt or cirasya or cire, = long, for a long time, after a long time, a long while ago, long since; at last, finally, too late. Cira is also used adverbially at the beginning of comp. as in some of the following examples; [cf. Hib. sir, ‘long.’]

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cirá 1〉 adj. lang (von der Zeit), langwährend, von lange her bestehend: ciraṃ kālam lange Zeit hindurch, lange HARIV. 9942. suciraṃ kālam R. 1,52,11. PAÑCAT. 100,2. cirakālam TRIK. 3,2,17. ITIH._bei_SĀY._zu_ṚV. 1,125,1. PAÑCAT. 37,4. BRAHMA-P. in LA. 56,8. cirakālopārjita HIT. 26,12. DAŚ. 1,30. cirakālāya auf lange Zeit MBH. 7,8113. cirātkālāt nach langer Zeit R. 3,49,50. cirakālāttvaṃ na mayā parijñātaḥ da eine lange Zeit dazwischen liegt PAÑCAT. 115,18. ˚velayā spät PAÑCAT. 207,13. ˚prabodha langes Wachen ŚĀK. 80,23. ˚saṃtāpa MBH. 12,9538. ˚viraha MEGH. 12. MEGH. 39. cirotkaṇṭhā VID. 332. ˚mitra ein alter Freund HIT. 17,22, v. l. ˚lokapālāḥ die Könige von alten Zeiten her BHĀG. P. 3,2,21. — 2〉 n. Verzögerung, das Zögern P. 6,2,6. gámana˚ eine Verzögerung im Gehen Sch. kiṃ cireṇa wozu das Zögern? wozu die Zeit verlieren? R. 4,5,27. kiṃ cireṇa te R. 5,25,32. MĀRK. P. 16,80. purā cirādasya jyeṣṭhaḥ putro miyate (purā cirāt in Kürze) ŚAT. BR. 11,5,3,8. — 3〉 alle obliquen casus des sg. adverbialisch gebraucht: a〉 cirám gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. H. 1532. lange, langsam; vor langer Zeit: mā vo̱ yāmèṣu marutaści̱raṃ kàrat ṚV. 5,56,7. mā ci̱raṃ tànuthā̱ apàḥ ṚV. 5,79,9. yadì tā̱jakpraskànde̱dvarṣùkaḥ pa̱rjanyàḥ syā̱dyadì ci̱ramavàrṣukaḥ TS. 6,5,6,5. ci̱raṃ pā̱pmano̱ nirmùcyate TS. 5,4,5,5. ciraṃ tanmene yadvāsaḥ paryadhāsyata es schien ihm zu lange, wenn er (zuvor) das Kleid hätte umlegen wollen ŚAT. BR. 11,5,1,4. sa (agniḥ) yadi na jāyeta yadi ciraṃ jāyeta AIT. BR. 1,16. mā ciraṃ kṛthāḥ HIḌ. 4,13. MBH. 10,338. kathamapyakarocciram KATHĀS. 4,31. ciraṃ jīvatu me patiḥ ŚĀṄKH. GṚHY. 1,14. na ciraṃ parvate vaset M. 4,60. M. 4,93. M. 1,55. N. 7,2. N. 12,74. MBH. 12,9547. R. 3,56,17. R. 4,61,16. ŚĀK. 132. RAGH. 3,35. RAGH. 3,62. ṚT. 1,9. VID. 337. ciraṃ gatāḥ MBH. 3,17275. kiyacciram VID. 198. suciram N. 24,41. compar. cirataram BHARTṚ. 3,13. AMAR. 79. — b〉 cireṇa gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. H. 1533. nach langer Zeit, spät, nicht gleich: cireṇāgacchasi SĀV. 5,84. MBH. 13,4615. R. 3,18,43. tattu — naiva — kariṣyati . cireṇa vā R. 4,16,46. cireṇa saṃjñāṃ pratilabhya R. 5,30,15. cireṇa mitraṃ badhnīyāt cireṇa ca kṛtaṃ tyajet MBH. 12,9549. RAGH. 5,64. sucireṇa R. 5,13,64. lange: cireṇa sarvakāryāṇi vimṛśya MBH. 12,9484. kiyaccireṇa wie lange? ŚĀK. CH. 126,13. seit langer Zeit: cireṇa khalu pramāṇavanti vacanāni karṇasukhamupajanayanti PRAB. 29,14. — c〉 cirāya gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. AK. 3,5,1. H. 1533. lange: etasmātkāraṇāt — cirāyaitatkṛtaṃ mayā MBH. 13,4617. MBH. 3,977. MBH. 5,782. cirāya jīva RAGH. 14,59. KUMĀRAS. 5,47. ŚĀK. 95. HIT. II, 40. KATHĀS. 4,136. AMAR. 3. RĀJA-TAR. 4,590. nach langer Zeit, endlich, schliesslich: cirāyāyātasya PAÑCAT. 231,21. tāvadgacchāmaḥ suralokaṃ cirāya MBH. 13,4556. MBH. 13,4558. fg. R. 2,88,25. R. 3,17,33. R. 3,24,15. R. 3,55,16. R. 3,17,41. R. 3,68,25. R. 4,36,15. R. 5,35,48. ahnāya ca cirāya ca MBH. 13,392. MBH. 13,3042. MBH. 13,4903. sa krodhajaṃ pāṇḍava harṣajaṃ ca lokāvubhau mā prahāsīścirāya nach gar zu langer Zeit, allzuspät MBH. 5,780. — d〉 cirāt gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. H. 1532. nach langer Zeit, spät, endlich: cirānmā paśava āguḥ ŚĀṄKH. ŚR. 14,14,4. cirāddāraiḥ samāgatam R. 4,27,17. cirādāgatya R. 46,8. R. 4,11. R. 5,33,19. PAÑCAT. II, 61. kasmāccirāddṛśyase PAÑCAT. II,63. PAÑCAT. II,16,5. PAÑCAT. II,21,12. PAÑCAT. II,43,10. PAÑCAT. II,55,9. PAÑCAT. II,66,4. PAÑCAT. II,115,10. PAÑCAT. II,242,24. RAGH. 3,26. RAGH. 11,63. RAGH. 12,87. KATHĀS. 6,24. AMAR. 39. aticirāt R. 4,53,14. PAÑCAT. 231,15. seit langer Zeit: tasyāṃ cirānmahatā snehena mṛgakākau nivasataḥ HIT. 17,14. VID. 300. BHĀG. P. 5,6,3. cirātprabhṛti HARIV. 9860. MĀLAV. 54. MĀLAV. 71. — e〉 aciratas nach kurzer Zeit, bald BHĀG. P. 3,33,22. BHĀG. P. 3,33,30. BHĀG. P. 4,8,69. — f〉 cirasya gaṇa svarādi zu P. 1,1,37. AK. 3,5,1. H. 1532. nach langer Zeit, spät, endlich: putraṃ dṛṣṭvā cirasya MBH. 1,4247. MBH. 1,6331. cirasya khalu kṛṣṇena saṃsmṛto 'smi HARIV. 7234. HIḌ. 2,8. HIḌ. 2,9. R. 2,54,20. R. 5,8,2. R. 5,11,25. ŚĀK. 112. ŚĀK. 97, v. l. — g〉 cire nach langer Zeit, nicht gleich darauf (Gegens. kṣipram); kuryāt ŚAT. BR. 13,8,1,2. — h〉 am Anf. eines comp. ohne Casusendung: lange, nach langer Zeit, spät: ciragata lange gegangen, lange abwesend HIḌ. 3,1. R. 1,42,1. MBH. 3,17261. ˚yāta MBH. 3,17256. ciroṣita MBH. 13,2184. MBH. 13,2193. HARIV. 1151. ˚viproṣita N. 17,18. ˚pravāsin HIT. I, 132. ˚praṇaṣṭa R. 5,19,20. ˚saṃvṛddha R. 1,55,27. ˚nirgata ŚĀK. 131. ˚saṃcita HIT. 30,1. ˚saṃbhṛta VID. 302. ˚sthita M. 5,25. SUŚR. 1,191,17. cirottha lange bestehend SUŚR. 2,368,2. cirābhilaṣita INDR. 5,35. cirotsuka VID. 323. ˚vṛtta vor langer Zeit geschehen R. 1,4,16. ˚viracita MEGH. 94. cirāyānt spät kommend PAÑCAT. 207,12. — Vgl. acira, aciram, acirāt, acireṇa, naciram u. s. w., māciram.

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cira 1〉 ˚kāla adj. einer längst verflossenen Zeit angehörig Ind. St. 5,65. — 3〉a〉 ciraṃ karoti kṣiprārthe Spr. 5106. — c〉 Z. 4 lies II, 41 st. II, 40 und vgl. Spr. 2273. — e〉 aciratas BHĀG. P. 10,81,40. — f〉 seit langer Zeit Spr. 4821.

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cira 2〉b〉 tamevādhvānaṃ kaścidāśu gacchati kaściccireṇa kaścicciratareṇa kaścicciratamena PAT. a. a. O. 1,170,b.

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cirá — 1〉 Adj. lang (von der Zeit), langwährend, von lange her bestehend, der alten Zeit angehörig. — 2〉 n. Verzögerung, das Zögern. kiṃ cireṇa wozu das Zögern? wozu Zeit verlieren? — 3〉 cirám lange, langsam, vor langer Zeit. ciráṃ tánmene yád mit Condit. es schien ihm zu lange, wenn zuvor Chr. 29,29. ciráṃ kar lange machen, säumen, zögern. cirataram recht lange. — 4〉 cireṇa nach langer Zeit, spät, nicht gleich; lange, seit langer Zeit; langsam, ciratareṇa langsamer, ciratamena am langsamsten. — 5〉 cirāya lange; nach langer Zeit, endlich, schliesslich; allzuspät. — 6〉 cirāt nach langer Zeit, spät, so spät, erst jetzt (Chr. 117,2), endlich; seit langer Zeit. cirātprabhṛti dass. — 7〉 cirasya nach langer Zeit, nicht bald (Chr. 43,1), spät, endlich; seit langer Zeit. — 8〉 ciré nach langer Zeit, nicht gleich darauf. — 9〉 cira˚ lange, vor langer Zeit, nach l. Z., spät.

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cira a. [ci-rak] Long, lasting a long time, existing from a long time, old; ciravirahaḥ cirakālaḥ ciramitraṃ &c. — raṃ A long time. Note.-The singular of any of the oblique cases of cira may be used adverbially in the sense of ‘long’, ‘for a long time,’ ‘after a long time,’ ‘long since,’ ‘at last,’ ‘finally;’ na ciraṃ parvate vaset Ms. 4. 60; tataḥ prajānāṃ ciramātmanā dhṛtāṃ R. 3. 35, R. 3. 62; Amaru. 79; kiyaccireṇāryaputraḥ pratipattiṃ dāsyati Ś. 6; R. 5. 64; prītāsmi te saumya cirāya jīva R. 14. 59; Ku. 5. 47; Amaru. 3; cirātsutasparśarasajñatāṃ yayau R. 3. 26; R. 11. 63, R. 12. 87; cirasya vācyaṃ na gataḥ prajāpatiḥ Ś. 5. 15; cire kuryāt Śat. Br. Comp. — āyus a. long-lived. ( — m.) a god. — ārodhaḥ ([Page 0495-b]) a protracted siege, blockade. — uttha a. existing for a long time. — kāra, — kārika, -kārin, -kriya a. acting slowly, delaying, tarrying, dilatory. — kālaḥ a long time. — kālika, -kālīna a. 1 of long standing, old, long-continued. 2 chronic (as a disease). — jāta a. born long ago, old. — jīvin a. long-lived ( — m.) 1 an epithet of seven persons who are considered to be ‘deathless’; aśvatthāmā balirvyāso hanumāṃśca bibhīṣaṇaḥ . kṛpaḥ paraśurāmaśca saptaite cirajīvinaḥ ... 2 N. of Viṣṇu. 3 a crow. 4 N. of two plants jīvaka &c. śālmali. — pākin a. ripening late. — puṣpaḥ the Bakula tree. — mitraṃ an old friend. — mehin m. an ass. — rātraṃ a period of many nights, a long time. ˚uṣita a. having lodged for a long time. — viproṣita a. long banished, a long sojourner. — sūtā, — sūtikā a cow that has borne many calves. — sevakaḥ an old servant. — stha, sthāyin, -sthita a. lasting, long, enduring, continuing; durable.

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cira lang (Zeit); n. Verzögrung; auch adv. lange, lange her, zu lange; langsam (Compar. cirataram Superl. ˚tamama). cira kar lange machen, säumen. cira (˚—), Instr., Dat., Gen., Abl. u. Loc. (erst) nach langer Zeit, spät, endlich.

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cira cira a. (ci; sfx. ra) long [en parlant du temps]. Irland. sir. Ac. ciram longtemps; māciram bientôt, aussitôt. G. cirasya après un long temps, enfin. Ab. cirāt longtemps, longtemps après. cirakāla n. longue période de temps. cirakriya a. (kṛ) qui agit lentement, lent à l'ouvrage. cirajīvin a. (jīv) qui vit longtemps. — S. m. corneille. Esp. d'arbre. Surn. de Viṣṇu. [Page247-2] ciraṇṭī f. femme ou fille continuant de vivre chez son père après sa majorité. En gén. jeune femme. ciratikta m. gentiana cherayta, bot. cirantana et ciratna a. (lan) vieux, ancien, qui dure depuis longtemps. ciramehin m. (mih pisser) âne. cirambhaṇa m. milan, oiseau. cirayāmi (dénom. de cira) tarder, être lent. Actt. attarder. cirarātra n. période de plusieurs nuits, un long temps. Au dat. cirarātrāya adv. longtemps. ciravitva m. esp. de plante, cf. karaja. cirasūtā f. (sū) vache qui vêle pendant beaucoup d'années. cirāt, ab. de cira. — S. m. (ad manger) surn. de Garuḍa. cirātikta m. cf. ciratikta. cirāyāmi, cf. cirayāmi. cirāyus a. qui a longtemps vécu, âgé, vieux. — S. m. un dieu.