càr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cairb (“bent ridge of a cart saddle”), earlier "plank, ship, fuse, chariot," ultimately from the root of carbad (“chariot”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaːɾ/

Noun

càr m (genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

  1. cart; car; chariot
  2. raft (for carrying things on)
  3. jaw
  4. fish
  5. stone
  6. scab, mange, itch
  7. fen, mossy plain

Declension
Declension of càr (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative càr càraichean
Genitive càir chàraichean
Dative càr càraichean; càraichibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) càr (na) càraichean
Genitive (a') chàir (nan) càraichean
Dative (a') chàr (na) càraichean; càraichibh*
Vocative (a) chàir (a) chàraichean

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Adverb

càr

  1. friendly, related to

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
càrchàr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “càr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
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