"carcair" meaning in Irish

See carcair in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/, /ˈkaɾˠkɪɾʲ/ [Ulster]
Etymology: From Old Irish carcar, from Latin carcer. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|carcar}} Old Irish carcar, {{der|ga|la|carcer}} Latin carcer Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|carcrach|||||||nominative plural|carcracha|or|carcra|||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=}} carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra), {{ga-noun|f|carcrach|carcracha|pl2=carcra}} carcair f (genitive singular carcrach, nominative plural carcracha or carcra) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: carcrach [genitive, singular], carcracha [nominative, plural], carcra [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], carcair [indefinite, nominative, singular], carcracha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a charcair [indefinite, singular, vocative], a charcracha [indefinite, plural, vocative], carcrach [genitive, indefinite, singular], carcracha [genitive, indefinite, plural], carcair [dative, indefinite, singular], carcraigh [archaic, dative, dialectal, indefinite, singular], carcracha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an charcair [definite, nominative, singular], na carcracha [definite, nominative, plural], na carcrach [definite, genitive, singular], na gcarcracha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcarcair [dative, definite, singular], leis an gcarcraigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], don charcair [dative, definite, singular], don charcraigh [archaic, dative, definite, dialectal, singular], leis na carcracha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], carcair [error-unrecognized-form], charcair [error-unrecognized-form], gcarcair [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. prison Tags: feminine Synonyms: príosún
    Sense id: en-carcair-ga-noun-TVkbdrcX Categories (other): Prison Disambiguation of Prison: 96 4
  2. (nautical, military) brig Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-carcair-ga-noun-AdmauvJU Categories (other): Military, Nautical, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Old Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of Old Irish entries with incorrect language header: 7 67 13 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 14 58 14 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 57 14 14 Topics: government, military, nautical, politics, transport, war
     
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      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠkəɾʲ/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠkɪɾʲ/",
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