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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaxkɪɾʲ/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

  1. (nautical) anchor
  2. stone (originally one used as an anchor)
  3. handscrew
  4. (architecture) stone to hold the thatch of a house in place

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “2 ancaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Noun

acair f (genitive singular acrach, plural acraichean)

  1. Alternative form of acaire (“acre”)
  2. (agriculture) small stack of corn on field

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “acair”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
acairn-acairh-acairt-acair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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