arócar

Irish

Etymology

From translingual Araucaria.

Noun

arócar m (genitive singular arócair, nominative plural arócair)

1. monkey-puzzle (Araucaria araucana)

Declension

Declension of arócar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative arócar arócair vocative a arócair a arócara genitive arócair arócar dative arócar arócair forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-arócar na harócair genitive an arócair na n-arócar dative leis an arócar don arócar leis na harócair

Mutation

Mutated forms of arócar

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arócar	n-arócar	harócar	t-arócar

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arócar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “monkey+puzzle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arócar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm