earc

Irish

Alternative forms

• alp, arc

Etymology

From Middle Irish erc (“speckled”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“speckled, coloured”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˠk/

Noun

earc m (genitive singular eirc, nominative plural earca)

1. newt (amphibian)

   Synonym: niút

2. lizard (reptile)

   Synonym: laghairt

Declension

Declension of earc (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative earc earca vocative a eirc a earca genitive eirc earc dative earc earca forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-earc na hearca genitive an eirc na n-earc dative leis an earc don earc leis na hearca

Derived terms

• earcán
• earc luachra
• earc sléibhe

Mutation

Mutated forms of earc

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earc	n-earc	hearc	t-earc

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) “earc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old English

Alternative forms

• ærc, earce

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æ͜ɑrk/, [æ͜ɑrˠk]

Noun

earc f

1. a chest (for storage)
2. the ark of Noah
   • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

     Sē wæs ġeboren on þǣre earce Noēs...

     He was born aboard Noah's ark...

3. the Ark of the Covenant

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “earc”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.