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Old Irish
Pronunciation
Verb
acair
- second-person singular imperative of ad·gair
·acair
- third-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·gair
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| acair
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unchanged
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n-acair
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ancaire, accaire, from Latin ancora and Old Norse akkeri.
Noun
acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)
- (nautical) anchor
- stone (originally one used as an anchor)
- handscrew
- (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
Etymology 2
Noun
acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)
- Alternative form of acaire (“acre”)
- (agriculture) small stack of corn on field
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Mutation