musc-chaor

Irish

Etymology

From musc (“musk”) +‎ caor (“berry”).

Noun

musc-chaor f (genitive singular musc-chaoire, nominative plural musc-chaora)

  1. muscat, muscadine (of grape)

Declension

Declension of musc-chaor (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative musc-chaor musc-chaora
vocative a mhusc-chaor a mhusc-chaora
genitive musc-chaoire musc-chaor
dative musc-chaor musc-chaora
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an mhusc-chaor na musc-chaora
genitive na musc-chaoire na musc-chaor
dative leis an musc-chaor
don mhusc-chaor 		leis na musc-chaora

Mutation

Mutated forms of musc-chaor
radical lenition eclipsis
musc-chaor mhusc-chaor not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “musc-chaor”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “muscat”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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