capras

Irish edit

Etymology edit

(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 edit

capras m (genitive singular caprais, nominative plural caprais)

(botany) caper (food item)

Declension edit

Declension of capras

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	capras	caprais
Vocative	a chaprais	a chaprasa
Genitive	caprais	capras
Dative	capras	caprais

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an capras	na caprais
Genitive	an chaprais	na gcapras
Dative	leis an gcapras don chapras	leis na caprais

Derived terms edit

tor caprais (“caper”) (shrub)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
capras	chapras	gcapras
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “capras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“caper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024

Further reading edit

Entries containing “capras” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.praːs/, [ˈkäpräːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈka.pras/, [ˈkäːpräs]

Noun edit

caprās f

accusative plural of capra

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