carr

See also car, CAR, and Carr

English

Etymology

From Old Norse. Compare Swedish kærr, Icelandic kjarr.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kɑː/

Noun

carr (plural carrs)

1. A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
   • 2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus 2008, p. 16:

     The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.

2. A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.

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Irish

Alternative forms

• cárr (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kɑːɾˠ]

Noun

carr (m)

1. car

Declension

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative carr carranna Vocative a chairr a charranna Genitive cairr carranna Dative carr carranna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an carr na carranna Genitive an chairr na gcarranna Dative leis an gcarr don charr leis na carranna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carr	charr	gcarr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Old English

Etymology

From Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɑrː/

Noun

carr m.

1. (Northumbrian) stone, rock