acaire

Irish

Noun

acaire m (genitive singular acaire, nominative plural acairí)

1. Alternative form of acra (“acre”)
2. Alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)
3. Alternative form of ancaire (“anchor”)

Declension

Declension of acaire

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative acaire acairí Vocative a acaire a acairí Genitive acaire acairí Dative acaire acairí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-acaire na hacairí Genitive an acaire na n-acairí Dative leis an acaire don acaire leis na hacairí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acaire	n-acaire	hacaire	t-acaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “acaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• acair

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Scots acre, acker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxkɪɾʲə/

Noun

acaire f (genitive singular acaire, plural acairean)

1. acre (0.404686 hectare)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acaire	n-acaire	h-acaire	t-acaire
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.