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
singular plural
nominative capras caprais
vocative a chaprais a chaprasa
genitive caprais capras
dative capras caprais
forms with the definite article
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

Mutated forms of capras
radical lenition eclipsis
capras chapras gcapras

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

References

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “capras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “caper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

caprās f

  1. accusative plural of capra
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