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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer.
Pronunciation
Noun
carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra)
- prison
- Synonym: príosún
- (nautical, military) brig
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| carcair
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charcair
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gcarcair
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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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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
Noun
carcair
- inflection of carcar:
- accusative/dative singular
- nominative/vocative/accusative dual
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| carcair
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charcair
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carcair
pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/
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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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