adjective long (of time), usually in compounds & as adv. Either; ciraṃ (acc.) for a long time Snp.678, Snp.730, Snp.1029; Dhp.248; Kp.vii.5; Ja.ii.110; Ja.iv.3; Pv.ii.3#33 or cirena (instr.) after a long time Vin.iv.86; Dhs-a.239; or cirāya (dat.) for long Dhp.342. cirassa (gen.) see cirassaṃ
■ cirataraṃ (compar.) for a (comparatively) long time, rather long AN.iii.58; Pv.ii.8#7. cir-â-ciraṃ continually Vin.iv.261; Ja.v.233
■ acira not long (ago) lately, newly: ˚arahattappatta SN.i.196; ˚pabbajita SN.i.185; ˚parinibbute Bhagavati shortly after the death of the Bhagavant DN.i.204, etc.; Snp.p.59.

• -kālaṃ (adv.) a long time freq. e.g. Pv-a.19, Pv-a.45, Pv-a.60 Pv-a.109;
• -ṭṭhitika perpetual, lasting long AN.iv.339 (opp pariyāpajjati); Vv.80#1; Pp.32, Pp.33; Vism.37, Vism.175; DN-a.i.3.
• -dikkhita (not ˚dakkhita) having long since been initiated SN.i.226 = Ja.v.138 (= cirapabbajita)
• -nivāsin dwelling (there) for a long time SN.ii.227
• -paṭika [cp. Sk. ciraṃ prati] long since, adj. constr in conformity w. the subject Vin.i.33; DN.ii.270; SN.iii.120;
• -pabbajita having long since become a wanderer AN.iii.114; Snp.p.92; DN-a.i.143;
• -ppavāsin (adj.) long absent Dhp.219 (= cirappavuttha Dhp-a.iii.293).
• -rattaṃ (adv.) for a long time Snp.665, Snp.670; Ja.iv.371; and
• -rattāya id. Ja.ii.340; Pv.i.9#4.

Vedic. cira, perhaps to *quei̯e to rest, cp. Lat. quiēs, civis; Goth. hveila; Ohg. wīlōn; E. while