caorán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cadhrán, caofrán, caofróg[1]

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /keːˈɾˠan̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/, /ˈkiːɾˠan̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈkɯːɾˠanˠ/; /ˈkeːɾˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈkɤːɾˠanˠ/[2] (corresponding to the form cadhrán); /ˈkiːfˠɾˠanˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form caofrán); any of the above with /-ɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

caorán m (genitive singular caoráin, nominative plural caoráin)

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

Declension

Declension of caorán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative caorán caoráin
vocative a chaoráin a chaorána
genitive caoráin caorán
dative caorán caoráin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an caorán na caoráin
genitive an chaoráin na gcaorán
dative leis an gcaorán
don chaorán 		leis na caoráin

Mutation

Mutated forms of caorán
radical lenition eclipsis
caorán chaorán gcaorán

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “caorán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 72, page 31
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 312, page 110

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