carcair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/

Noun

carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra)

1. prison

   Synonym: príosún

2. (nautical, military) brig

Declension

Declension of carcair (fifth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carcair carcracha vocative a charcair a charcracha genitive carcrach carcracha dative carcair carcraigh (archaic, dialectal) carcracha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an charcair na carcracha genitive na carcrach na gcarcracha dative leis an gcarcair leis an gcarcraigh (archaic, dialectal) don charcair don charcraigh (archaic, dialectal) leis na carcracha

Mutation

Mutated forms of carcair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carcair	charcair	gcarcair

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

Further reading

• “carcair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carcar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carcair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarkirʲ/

Noun

carcair

1. inflection of carcar:
   1. accusative/dative singular
   2. nominative/vocative/accusative dual

Mutation

Mutation of carcair

radical	lenition	nasalization
carcair	charcair	carcair pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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