carcair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/

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

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carcair carcracha
Vocative a charcair a charcracha
Genitive carcrach carcracha
Dative carcair
carcraigh (archaic, dialectal)		 carcracha

Forms with the definite article

Case 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carcair charcair gcarcair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkarkirʲ/

Noun

carcair

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

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
carcair charcair carcair
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.