caor

Irish

Alternative forms
  • caoir

Etymology

From Old Irish cáer (“berry, lump of metal”).[1] Further etymology unknown.[2]

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /keːɾˠ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) (berry): IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/[4]
  • (Ulster) (glowing object): IPA(key): /kiːɾʲ/[5] (corresponding to the form caoir)

Noun

caor f (genitive singular caoire, nominative plural caora)

  1. berry
  2. round thing; ball
  3. glowing object

Declension
Declension of caor

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caor caora
Vocative a chaor a chaora
Genitive caoire caor
Dative caor
caoir (archaic, dialectal)		 caora

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an chaor na caora
Genitive na caoire na gcaor
Dative leis an gcaor
leis an gcaoir (archaic, dialectal)

don chaor
don chaoir (archaic, dialectal)

 leis na caora

Derived terms
  • ar na caora (“violently drunk”)
  • caor aduaidh (“the northern lights”)
  • caor aitil (“juniper berry”)
  • caor chaorthainn (“rowan-berry”)
  • caor cheárta (“forge-fire, furnace”)
  • caor chlis (“sling-ball”)
  • caor chon (“dogberry”)
  • caor feannóige (“crowberry”)
  • caor feorais (“spindle-berry”)
  • caor fíniúna (“grape”)
  • caor ordanáis (“cannon-ball”)
  • caor phéine (“pine-cone”)
  • caor thine (“fireball, thunderbolt”)
  • caor thine ort (“bad luck to you”)
  • caor thintrí (“thunderbolt”)
  • caor throim (“elder-berry”)
  • caordhearg (“glowing”, adjective)
  • caorthann (“rowan”)
  • i do chaor bhuile (“raging mad”)
  • i do chaora (“raging”)
  • (of grape) musc-chaor (“muscat, muscatine”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caor chaor gcaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cáer”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-8
  3. Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
  4. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 27
  5. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “caor” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “caor” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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