cancar

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin cancer. Compare Middle Irish cainncer (“cancer”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkauŋkˠəɾˠ/

Noun

cancar m (genitive singular cancair)

1. canker
2. cantankerousness, peevishness, spleen

   Synonym: cantal

   Cad é atá ag cur cancair air?

   What's eating away at him?

Declension

Declension of cancar (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative cancar vocative a chancair genitive cancair dative cancar forms with the definite article case singular nominative an cancar genitive an chancair dative leis an gcancar don chancar

Derived terms

• cancrach (“can(tan)kerous”, adjective)
• cancracht f (“cantankerousness”)
• cancraigh (“to vex, annoy”)
• cancrán m (“cantankerous person; crank”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cancar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cancar	chancar	gcancar

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