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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carcair	charcair	gcarcair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “carcair”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
carcair	charcair	carcair pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.