caor
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish cáer (“berry”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /keːɾˠ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/
Noun
caor f (genitive singular caoire, nominative plural caora)
- berry
- round thing; ball
- glowing object
Declension
Declension of caor
Second declension
Bare forms
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Derived terms
- 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”)
- caordhearg (“glowing”, adjective)
- caor feannóige (“crowberry”)
- caor feorais (“spindle-berry”)
- caor fíniúna (“grape”)
- caor ordanáis (“cannon-ball”)
- caor phéine (“pine-cone”)
- caor throim (“elder-berry”)
- i do chaora (“raging”)
- i do chaor bhuile (“raging mad”)
- (of grape) musc-chaor (“muscat, muscatine”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
caor | chaor | gcaor |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “caor” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “caor” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20