acair

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡirʲ/

Verb

acair

1. second-person singular imperative of ad·gair

·acair

1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·gair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
acair (pronounced with /h/ in h-prothesis environments)	unchanged	n-acair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxkɪɾʲ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish ancaire, accaire, from Latin ancora and Old Norse akkeri.

Noun

acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

1. (nautical) anchor
2. stone (originally one used as an anchor)
3. handscrew
4. (architecture) stone to hold the thatch of a house in place

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ancaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Etymology 2

Noun

acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

1. Alternative form of acaire (“acre”)
2. (agriculture) small stack of corn on field

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[2], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Mutation

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