caor

Irish

Alternative forms

• caoir

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /keːɾˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) (berry): IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/
• (Ulster) (glowing object): IPA^(key): /kiːɾʲ/ (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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caor”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “caor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024