caorán

Irish

Alternative forms

cadhrán

Etymology

From caor (“dry lump or clod of earth or turf”) +‎ -án

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /keːˈɾˠanˠ/
(Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/
(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈkɯːɾˠanˠ/

Noun

caorán m (genitive singular caoráin, nominative plural caoráin)

moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath)

Declension

Declension of caorán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	caorán	caoráin
Vocative	a chaoráin	a chaorána
Genitive	caoráin	caorán
Dative	caorán	caoráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an caorán	na caoráin
Genitive	an chaoráin	na gcaorán
Dative	leis an gcaorán don chaorán	leis na caoráin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
caorán	chaorán	gcaorán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

“caorán” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
“caorán” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 117.
"caorán" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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