ancaire
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish ancaire, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).
Alternative forms
- angcaire (obsolete)
- acaire
Noun
ancaire m, f (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
Declension
Declension of ancaire
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- Feminine declension
Declension of ancaire
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Derived terms
Terms derived from ancaire
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Etymology 2
Noun
ancaire m (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
Declension
Declension of ancaire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- sean-ancaire (“ancient anchorite; old recluse; old buffer”)
Etymology 3
Noun
ancaire m (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
Declension
Declension of ancaire
Fourth declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ancaire | n-ancaire | hancaire | not applicable |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
Further reading
- "ancaire" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “2 ancaire” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “ancaire” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, p. 9.
- Greene, D. 1973 ‘The influence of Scandinavian on Irish’ in Bo Almqvist & David Greene (eds.) Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dundalgan Press, Dundalk, pp. 75–82
- Entries containing “ancaire” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ancaire” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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