caor

Irish

From Old Irish cáer (“berry, lump of metal”).^[1] Further etymology unknown.^[2]

(Munster) IPA^(key): /keːɾˠ/^[3]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/
(Ulster) (berry): IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/^[4]
(Ulster) (glowing object): IPA^(key): /kiːɾʲ/^[5] (corresponding to the form caoir)

caor f (genitive singular caoire, nominative plural caora)

Declension of caor (second declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	caor	caora
vocative	a chaor	a chaora
genitive	caoire	caor
dative	caor caoir (archaic, dialectal)	caora

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an chaor	na caora
genitive	na caoire	na gcaor
dative	leis an gcaor leis an gcaoir (archaic, dialectal) don chaor don chaoir (archaic, dialectal)	leis na caora

Mutated forms of *caor*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
caor	chaor	gcaor

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

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cáer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Vendryes, Joseph (1987) “cáer”, in Lexique Étymologique de l'Irlandais Ancien [Etymological lexicon of Old Irish] (in French), volume C, Dublin, Paris: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, page C-8
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 27
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 102