càr

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From cairb (bent ridge of a cart saddle), earlier "plank, ship, fuse, chariot," ultimately from the root of carbad (chariot).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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càr m (genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

  1. car
    chaidh mi air a' chàr an-dèI went by car yesterday (literally, “I went on the car yesterday”)[1]
  2. cart; chariot
  3. raft (for carrying things on)
  4. jaw
  5. fish
  6. stone
  7. scab, mange, itch
  8. fen, mossy plain

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adverb

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càr

  1. friendly, related to

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
càr chàr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “càr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC