capras

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis), Latin capparis.

Noun

capras m (genitive singular caprais, nominative plural caprais)

  1. (botany) caper (food item)

Declension
Declension of capras

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative capras caprais
Vocative a chaprais a chaprasa
Genitive caprais capras
Dative capras caprais

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an capras na caprais
Genitive an chaprais na gcapras
Dative leis an gcapras

don chapras

 leis na caprais

Derived terms
  • tor caprais (“caper”) (shrub)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
capras chapras gcapras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “capras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “caper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

caprās f

  1. accusative plural of capra
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