capras

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare Ancient Greek κάππαρις (kápparis), Latin capparis.

Noun

capras m (genitive singular caprais, nominative plural caprais)

1. (botany) caper (food item)

Declension

Declension of capras (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative capras caprais vocative a chaprais a chaprasa genitive caprais capras dative capras caprais forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an capras na caprais genitive an chaprais na gcapras dative leis an gcapras don chapras leis na caprais

Derived terms

• tor caprais (“caper”) (shrub)

Mutation

Mutated forms of capras

radical	lenition	eclipsis
capras	chapras	gcapras

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “capras”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “caper”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “capras”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.praːs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.pras]

Noun

caprās f

1. accusative plural of capra