carr
See also: Carr
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹ/
- Homophones: car, Carr, Karr
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
Noun
carr (plural carrs)
- A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
- 2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus 2008, p. 16:
- The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.
- 2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus 2008, p. 16:
- A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.
Noun
carr (plural carrs)
- Archaic form of car (“wheeled vehicle”).
Anagrams
- ACRR
Irish
Alternative forms
- cárr (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish carr (“cart, waggon”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): [kɑːɾˠ]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): [kæːɾˠ]
Noun
carr m (genitive singular cairr, nominative plural carranna)
- car (automobile)
- cart (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
Declension
Declension of carr
First declension
Bare forms:
| Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
- (car, automobile): gluaisteán
- (cart): féan
Derived terms
- carraeir (“carman, carrier”)
- carrán (“small cart”)
- carr armúrtha (“armoured car”)
- carrbhealach (“carriageway”)
- carrchaladh (“car ferry”)
- carrchlós (“parking lot, car park”)
- otharcharr (“ambulance”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
carr | charr | gcarr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "carr" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 carr”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
Old English
Etymology
From Celtic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɑrr/, [kɑrˠrˠ]
Noun
carr m
- (Northumbria) stone, rock