cafarr

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish cathbarr, from cath (“battle”) + barr (“tip, point; helmet”).[1] Compare Primitive Irish ᚉᚐᚈᚐᚁᚐᚏ (catabar, given name).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkafˠəɾˠ/

Noun

cafarr m (genitive singular cafairr, nominative plural cafairr)

  1. helmet, headpiece
    Synonyms: ceannbheart, clogad
  2. kerchief
    Synonyms: bréidín, brat cinn, ciarsúr
    1. bandage (on head)
  3. cap (of rain, fog)

Declension

Declension of cafarr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cafarr cafairr
vocative a chafairr a chafarra
genitive cafairr cafarr
dative cafarr cafairr
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cafarr na cafairr
genitive an chafairr na gcafarr
dative leis an gcafarr
don chafarr 		leis na cafairr

Derived terms

  • caifirín (“head-shawl”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of cafarr
radical lenition eclipsis
cafarr chafarr gcafarr

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

References

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

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