caor
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish cáer (“berry, lump of metal”).[1] Further etymology unknown.[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /keːɾˠ/[3]
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) (berry): IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/[4]
- (Ulster) (glowing object): IPA(key): /kiːɾʲ/[5] (corresponding to the form caoir)
Noun
[edit]caor f (genitive singular caoire, nominative plural caora)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- ar na caora (“violently drunk”)
- caor aduaidh (“the northern lights”)
- caor aitil (“juniper berry”)
- caor chaorthainn (“rowan-berry”)
- caor cheárta (“forge-fire, furnace”)
- caor chlis (“sling-ball”)
- caor chon (“dogberry”)
- caor feannóige (“crowberry”)
- caor feorais (“spindle-berry”)
- caor fíniúna (“grape”)
- caor ordanáis (“cannon-ball”)
- caor phéine (“pine-cone”)
- caor thine (“fireball, thunderbolt”)
- caor thine ort (“bad luck to you”)
- caor thintrí (“thunderbolt”)
- caor throim (“elder-berry”)
- caordhearg (“glowing”, adjective)
- caoróg (“small berry”)
- caorthann (“rowan”)
- i do chaor bhuile (“raging mad”)
- i do chaora (“raging”)
- (of grape) musc-chaor (“muscat, muscatine”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| caor | chaor | gcaor |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cáer”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-8
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 27
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “caor”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “caor”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025