earc

Irish

Alternative forms

• alp, arc

Etymology

From Middle Irish erc (“speckled”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“speckled, coloured”).

Noun

earc m (genitive singular eirc, nominative plural earca)

1. newt (amphibian)

   Synonym: niút

2. lizard (reptile)

   Synonym: laghairt

Declension

Declension of earc

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative earc earca Vocative a eirc a earca Genitive eirc earc Dative earc earca

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-earc na hearca Genitive an eirc na n-earc Dative leis an earc don earc leis na hearca

Derived terms

• earcán
• earc luachra
• earc sléibhe

Mutation

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

Further reading

• “earc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 erc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old English

Alternative forms

• ærc, earce

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑrk/, [æ͜ɑrˠk]

Noun

earc f

1. a chest (for storage)
2. the ark of Noah
3. the Ark of the Covenant

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “earc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.