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;