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

Derived terms

Adverb

càr

  1. friendly, related to

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