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adharc

adharc

Irish

Noun

adharc f (genitive singular adhairce, nominative plural adharca)

  1. horn (of animal), antlers
    1. horn material (substance from which horns are made)
  2. horn, feeler
  3. horn vessel, drinking horn
  4. peak
  5. (music) horn, trumpet
    1. horn (of vehicle); buzzer (in factory, etc.)
  6. erection (of ****)

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adharc n-adharc hadharc t-adharc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References


Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish adarc, aiderc f (horn).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɤ.əɾk]

Noun

adharc f (genitive singular adhairc, plural adharcan)

  1. horn (growth on an animal's head)

Derived terms

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
  • 1 adarc, aiderc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.