carcair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠkɪɾʲ/

Noun

carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra)

1. prison

   Synonym: príosún

2. (nautical, military) brig

Declension

Declension of carcair (fifth declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative carcair carcracha vocative a charcair a charcracha genitive carcrach carcracha dative carcair carcraigh (archaic, dialectal) carcracha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an charcair na carcracha genitive na carcrach na gcarcracha dative leis an gcarcair leis an gcarcraigh (archaic, dialectal) don charcair don charcraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na carcracha

Mutation

Mutated forms of carcair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carcair	charcair	gcarcair

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

Further reading

• “carcair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾ.kəɾʲ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈkaɾ.kɪɾʲ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈkaɾ.kɨɾʲ]

Noun

carcair

1. inflection of carcar:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Mutation of carcair

radical	lenition	nasalization
carcair	charcair	carcair pronounced with /ɡ-/

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