càr

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cairb (“bent ridge of a cart saddle”), earlier "plank, ship, fuse, chariot," ultimately from the root of carbad (“chariot”).

Pronunciation

Noun

càr m (genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

  1. car
    chaidh mi air a' chàr an-dè ― I went by car yesterday (literally, “I went on the car yesterday”)[1]
  2. cart; chariot
  3. raft (for carrying things on)
  4. jaw
  5. fish
  6. stone
  7. scab, mange, itch
  8. fen, mossy plain

Declension

Declension of càr (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative càr càraichean
genitive càir chàraichean
dative càr càraichean; càraichibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) càr (na) càraichean
genitive (a') chàir (nan) càraichean
dative (a') chàr (na) càraichean; càraichibh✝
vocative chàir chàraichean

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Adverb

càr

  1. friendly, related to

Mutation

Mutation of càr
radical lenition
càr chàr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “càr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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