acair

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡirʲ/

Verb

acair

  1. second-person singular imperative of ad·gair

·acair

  1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of ad·gair

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
acair unchanged n-acair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ancaire, accaire, from Latin ancora and Old Norse akkeri.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaxkəɾ/

Noun

acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

  1. (nautical) anchor
  2. stone (originally one used as an anchor)
  3. acre of land
  4. (agriculture) small stack of corn on field
  5. hand-screw
  6. (architecture) stone to hold the thatch of a house in place

Further reading

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “2 ancaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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