acras

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish occoras.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʰkʰɾəs̪/

Noun

acras m (genitive singular acrais, plural acran)

  1. hunger
    Tha an t-acras orm.I am hungry. (literally, “There is the hunger on me.”)
  2. (dated) famine