caor

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish cáer (“berry”).

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /keːɾˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /kiːɾˠ/, (older) /kɯːɾˠ/

Noun

caor f (genitive singular caoire, nominative plural caora)

berry
round thing; ball
glowing object

Declension

Declension of caor

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caor	caora
Vocative	a chaor	a chaora
Genitive	caoire	caor
Dative	caor caoir (archaic, dialectal)	caora

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an chaor	na caora
Genitive	na caoire	na gcaor
Dative	leis an gcaor leis an gcaoir (archaic, dialectal) don chaor don chaoir (archaic, dialectal)	leis na caora

Derived terms

ar na caora (“violently drunk”)
caor aduaidh (“the northern lights”)
caor aitil (“juniper berry”)
caor chaorthainn (“rowan-berry”)
caor cheárta (“forge-fire, furnace”)
caor chlis (“sling-ball”)
caor chon (“dogberry”)
caordhearg (“glowing”, adjective)
caor feannóige (“crowberry”)
caor feorais (“spindle-berry”)
caor fíniúna (“grape”)
caor ordanáis (“cannon-ball”)
caor phéine (“pine-cone”)
caor throim (“elder-berry”)
i do chaora (“raging”)
i do chaor bhuile (“raging mad”)
(of grape) musc-chaor (“muscat, muscatine”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caor	chaor	gcaor
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cáer”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “caor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Entries containing “caor” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “caor” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20

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