# ancaire
## Irish
### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Aran) IPA: /ˈɑŋkəɾʲə/
* (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈaŋkəɾʲə/

### Etymology 1

From Middle Irish ancaire, from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

#### Alternative forms

* angcaire (obsolete)
* acaire

#### Noun

ancaire m or f (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
* (sailing) anchor

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ancaire
ancairí
vocative
a ancaire
a ancairí
genitive
ancaire
ancairí
dative
ancaire
ancairí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ancaire
na hancairí
genitive
an ancaire
na n-ancairí
dative
leis an ancaire don ancaire
leis na hancairí :

###### Feminine declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ancaire
ancairí
vocative
a ancaire
a ancairí
genitive
ancaire
ancairí
dative
ancaire
ancairí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an ancaire
na hancairí
genitive
na hancaire
na n-ancairí
dative
leis an ancaire don ancaire
leis na hancairí :

##### Derived terms

* ancaireacht (“anchorage”)
* leaba ancaire (“anchorage”)
* mórancaire (“sheet anchor”)
* poll ancaire (“anchorage”)
* srac-ancaire (“drag-anchor”)

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

ancaire m (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
* anchorite, hermit
* (colloquial) recluse

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ancaire
ancairí
vocative
a ancaire
a ancairí
genitive
ancaire
ancairí
dative
ancaire
ancairí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ancaire
na hancairí
genitive
an ancaire
na n-ancairí
dative
leis an ancaire don ancaire
leis na hancairí :

##### Derived terms

* sean-ancaire (“ancient anchorite; old recluse; old buffer”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

ancaire m (genitive singular ancaire, nominative plural ancairí)
* anker, tub
* stout, tubby person

##### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
ancaire
ancairí
vocative
a ancaire
a ancairí
genitive
ancaire
ancairí
dative
ancaire
ancairí
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an t-ancaire
na hancairí
genitive
an ancaire
na n-ancairí
dative
leis an ancaire don ancaire
leis na hancairí :

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 9
* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 ancaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ancaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “ancaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 29
* Greene, D. (1976) “The influence of Scandinavian on Irish”, in Bo Almqvist and David Greene, editors, Proceedings of the Seventh Viking Congress, Dublin 15–21 August 1973, Dundalk: Dundalgan Press, pages 75–82
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “ancaire”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “ancaire”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025