चिरम्

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

चिरम्  n.  ind. ( g. स्वर्-आदि, not in [Kāś.]) for a long time, [TS. v f.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
after a long time, slowly, [RV. v, 56, 7 & 79, 9]; [AitBr. i, 16]; [Kathās. iv, 31]

Shabda-Sagara

चिरम्   ind. A long time.
E. चिर् to injure, and क affix: वा रमुक् . this word, and others evidently derived from it, are now considered as particles, and have accordingly appropriate, though strained ety- mologies; the derivatives however corresponding with the inflec- tions of the singular number of nouns masculine or neuter, it may have been originally an imperfect noun of the 1st declension, thus; nom. चिरः or चिरं acc. चिरं 1st abl. चिरेण dat. चिराय, 2nd abl. चिरात्, gen. चिरस्य, 3rd abl. चिरे; see these words severally.

ROOTS:

चिर् क वा रमुक् . चिरः चिरं चिरं चिरेण चिराय चिरात् चिरस्य चिरे;

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

See : शनैः, मन्दम्, चिरेण