acaire

Irish

Noun

acaire m (genitive singular acaire, nominative plural acairí)

1. Alternative form of acra (“acre”)
2. Alternative form of acra (“tool, implement; service, convenience”)
3. Alternative form of ancaire (“anchor”)

Declension

Declension of acaire (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative acaire acairí vocative a acaire a acairí genitive acaire acairí dative acaire acairí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-acaire na hacairí genitive an acaire na n-acairí dative leis an acaire don acaire leis na hacairí

Mutation

Mutated forms of acaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acaire	n-acaire	hacaire	t-acaire

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) “acaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• acair

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Scots acre, acker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaxkɪɾʲə/

Noun

acaire f (genitive singular acaire, plural acairean)

1. acre (0.404686 hectare)

Mutation

Mutation of acaire

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
acaire	n-acaire	h-acaire	t-acaire

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