arócar

Irish

Etymology

From translingual Araucaria.

Noun

arócar m (genitive singular arócair, nominative plural arócair)

1. monkey-puzzle (Araucaria araucana)

Declension

Declension of arócar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative arócar arócair Vocative a arócair a arócara Genitive arócair arócar Dative arócar arócair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-arócar na harócair Genitive an arócair na n-arócar Dative leis an arócar don arócar leis na harócair

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arócar	n-arócar	harócar	t-arócar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “arócar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “monkey+puzzle”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “arócar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm