mucár

Irish

Etymology

From muc (“pig”) +‎ ár (“slaughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmˠʊkˌɑːɾˠ/

Noun

mucár m (genitive singular mucáir)

1. (obsolete) pig-slaughter

Inflection

Declension of mucár

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative mucár Vocative a mhucáir Genitive mucáir Dative mucár

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an mucár Genitive an mhucáir Dative leis an mucár don mhucár

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
mucár	mhucár	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “muc(c)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language