caorán

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cadhrán

Etymology

From caor (“dry lump or clod of earth or turf”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /keːˈɾˠanˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkiːɾˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈkɯːɾˠanˠ/; /ˈkeːɾˠanˠ/, (older) /ˈkɤːɾˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the form cadhrán)[1]

Noun

caorán m (genitive singular caoráin, nominative plural caoráin)

  1. moor (region with poor, marshy soil, peat and heath)

Declension
Declension of caorán

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative caorán caoráin
Vocative a chaoráin a chaorána
Genitive caoráin caorán
Dative caorán caoráin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an caorán na caoráin
Genitive an chaoráin na gcaorán
Dative leis an gcaorán

don chaorán

 leis na caoráin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
caorán chaorán gcaorán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 31

Further reading
  • “caorán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “caorán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 117
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “caorán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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