carcair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠkɪɾʲ/[2]

Noun

carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra)

  1. prison
    Synonym: príosún
  2. (nautical, military) brig

Declension

Declension of carcair (fifth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative carcair carcracha
vocative a charcair a charcracha
genitive carcrach carcracha
dative carcair
carcraigh (archaic, dialectal) 		carcracha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an charcair na carcracha
genitive na carcrach na gcarcracha
dative leis an gcarcair
leis an gcarcraigh (archaic, dialectal)
don charcair
don charcraigh (archaic, dialectal) 		leis na carcracha

Mutation

Mutated forms of carcair
radical lenition eclipsis
carcair charcair gcarcair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carcar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 196

Further reading

  • “carcair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾ.kəɾʲ/
    • (Blasse) [ˈkaɾ.kɪɾʲ]
    • (Griffith) [ˈkaɾ.kɨɾʲ]

Noun

carcair

  1. inflection of carcar:
    1. accusative/dative singular
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Mutation of carcair
radical lenition nasalization
carcair charcair carcair
pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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