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