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adharc
adharc
Irish
Noun
adharc f (genitive singular adhairce, nominative plural adharca)
- horn (of animal), antlers
- horn material (substance from which horns are made)
- horn, feeler
- horn vessel, drinking horn
- peak
- (music) horn, trumpet
- horn (of vehicle); buzzer (in factory, etc.)
- erection (of ****)
Declension
Declension of adharc
Second declension
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Derived terms
Terms derived from adharc
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| adharc | n-adharc | hadharc | t-adharc |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "adharc" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 4.
- “1 adarc, aiderc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish adarc, aiderc f (“horn”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɤ.əɾk]
Noun
adharc f (genitive singular adhairc, plural adharcan)
- horn (growth on an animal's head)
Derived terms
- aon-adharcach m (“unicorn”)
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “1 adarc, aiderc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.