carr
See also: Carr
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɑː/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑɹ/
- Homophones: car, Carr, Karr
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse kjarr. Compare Swedish kärr, Icelandic kjarr.
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Noun edit
carr (plural carrs)
- A bog or marsh; marshy ground, swampland.
- 2007, Kevin Leahy, The Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Lindsey, Tempus, published 2008, page 16:
- The marsh lands or ‘carrs’ that covered the low-lying floor of the vale could not be cultivated and the poorly drained flanks of the vale would be best used as pasture.
- 2017, Benjamin Myers, The Gallows Pole, Bloomsbury, published 2019, page 155:
- The old tales told of these noble animals sighted padding across clodded fields or circling shrinking copses. Stalking the choking carrs.
- A marsh or fen on which low trees or bushes grow; a marshy woodland.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
carr (plural carrs)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Northumbrian.
Noun edit
carr (plural carrs)
- (Northumberland Dialect) rock
Anagrams edit
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish carr (“cart, waggon”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós. Nowadays reinforced over its synonym gluaisteán through influence of English car.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carr m (genitive singular cairr, nominative plural carranna)
Declension edit
Declension of carr
Synonyms edit
- (car, automobile): gluaisteán
- (cart): féan
Derived terms edit
- carr armúrtha (“armoured car”)
- carraeir (“carman, carrier”)
- carrán (“small cart”)
- carrbhealach (“carriageway”)
- carrchaladh (“car ferry”)
- carrchlós (“parking lot, car park”)
- otharcharr (“ambulance”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
carr | charr | gcarr |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 carr”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carr”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Celtic, perhaps from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
carr m
Declension edit
Declension of carr (strong a-stem)