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calcaire

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calcaire

Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin calcārius, from calx.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kal.kɛʁ/
  • Audio (Paris):(file)

Noun

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calcaire m (plural calcaires)

  1. limestone

Adjective

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calcaire (plural calcaires)

  1. calcareous
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Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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From calc (caulk, verb) +‎ -aire (agent noun suffix).

Noun

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calcaire m (genitive singular calcaire, nominative plural calcairí)

  1. caulker
  2. caulking-iron
  3. glutton

Declension

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Declension of calcaire (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative calcaire calcairí
vocative a chalcaire a chalcairí
genitive calcaire calcairí
dative calcaire calcairí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an calcaire na calcairí
genitive an chalcaire na gcalcairí
dative leis an gcalcaire
don chalcaire
leis na calcairí

Synonyms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of calcaire
radical lenition eclipsis
calcaire chalcaire gcalcaire

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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