acair
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɡirʲ/
Verb
acair
- second-person singular imperative of ad·gair
·acair
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·gair
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| acair | unchanged | n-acair |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- (acre): acaire
Etymology
From Old Irish ancaire, accaire, from Latin ancora and Old Norse akkeri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaˣkəɾ/
Noun
acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)
- (nautical) anchor
- stone (originally one used as an anchor)
- acre of land
- (agriculture) small stack of corn on field
- hand-screw
- (architecture) stone to hold the thatch of a house in place
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ancaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language