cancar in Irish

IPA: /ˈkauŋkˠəɾˠ/ [Munster] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: Ultimately from Latin cancer. Compare Middle Irish cainncer (“cancer”). Etymology templates: {{der|ga|la|cancer}} Latin cancer, {{cog|mga|cainncer|t=cancer}} Middle Irish cainncer (“cancer”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|cancair||||||||-|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} cancar m (genitive singular cancair), {{ga-noun|m|cancair|-}} cancar m (genitive singular cancair) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: cancair [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cancar [indefinite, nominative, singular], a chancair [indefinite, singular, vocative], cancair [genitive, indefinite, singular], cancar [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an cancar [definite, nominative, singular], an chancair [definite, genitive, singular], leis an gcancar [dative, definite, singular], don chancar [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], cancar [error-unrecognized-form], chancar [error-unrecognized-form], gcancar [error-unrecognized-form]

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "can(tan)kerous",
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      "word": "cancrach"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "cantankerousness",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cancracht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to vex, annoy",
      "word": "cancraigh"
    },
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        "singular"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "don chancar",
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      "form": "cancar",
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        {
          "english": "What's eating away at him?",
          "text": "Cad é atá ag cur cancair air?",
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      ],
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        "cantankerousness, peevishness, spleen"
      ],
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          "peevishness"
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          "spleen",
          "spleen"
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        {
          "word": "cantal"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkauŋkˠəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
        "Munster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cancar"
}

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    "Irish first-declension nouns",
    "Irish lemmas",
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    "Irish nouns",
    "Irish terms derived from Latin",
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      "english": "can(tan)kerous",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    },
    {
      "english": "cantankerousness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cancracht"
    },
    {
      "english": "to vex, annoy",
      "word": "cancraigh"
    },
    {
      "english": "cantankerous person; crank",
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        "masculine"
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      "form": "a chancair",
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    {
      "form": "cancair",
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      "form": "cancar",
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        "singular"
      ]
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      "form": "an chancair",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "leis an gcancar",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "don chancar",
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        "definite",
        "singular"
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      "form": "gcancar",
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        "error-unrecognized-form"
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          "english": "What's eating away at him?",
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        "cantankerousness, peevishness, spleen"
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          "peevishness",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkauŋkˠəɾˠ/",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cancar"
}

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"cancar" meaning in Irish

Noun