càr

See also: Appendix:Variations of "car"

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From cairb (“bent ridge of a cart saddle”), earlier "plank, ship, fuse, chariot," ultimately from the root of carbad (“chariot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʰaːɾ/

Noun

càr m (genitive singular càir, plural càraichean)

1. car

   chaidh mi air a' chàr an-dè ― I went by car yesterday (literally, “I went on the car yesterday”)

2. cart; chariot
3. raft (for carrying things on)
4. jaw
5. fish
6. stone
7. scab, mange, itch
8. fen, mossy plain

Declension

Declension of càr (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	càr	càraichean
Genitive	càir	chàraichean
Dative	càr	càraichean; càraichibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(an) càr	(na) càraichean
Genitive	(a') chàir	(nan) càraichean
Dative	(a') chàr	(na) càraichean; càraichibh✝
Vocative	chàir	chàraichean

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

• ciste-càir

Adverb

càr

1. friendly, related to

Mutation

Mutation of càr

radical	lenition
càr	chàr

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

Further reading

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “càr”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC