earc

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish erc (“speckled”),[2] from Primitive Irish ᚓᚏᚉᚐ (erca), from Proto-Celtic *ɸerkos (“speckled”), from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ- (“speckled, coloured”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾˠk/[3]

Noun

earc m (genitive singular eirc, nominative plural earca)

  1. newt (amphibian)
    Synonym: niút
  2. lizard (reptile)
    Synonym: laghairt

Declension

Declension of earc (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative earc earca
vocative a eirc a earca
genitive eirc earc
dative earc earca
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-earc na hearca
genitive an eirc na n-earc
dative leis an earc
don earc 		leis na hearca

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of earc
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
earc n-earc hearc t-earc

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

References

  1. ^ “earc”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “5 erc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 412, page 135

Further reading

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin arca

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æ͜ɑrk/, [æ͜ɑrˠk]

Noun

earc f

  1. a chest (for storage)
  2. the ark of Noah
  3. the Ark of the Covenant

References

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