caora

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈkeːɾˠə/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkiːɾˠə/

From Old Irish cáera, from Proto-Celtic *kaɸrāxs.

caora f (genitive singular caorach, nominative plural caoirigh)

1. sheep
2. ewe

• buachaill caorach (“shepherd boy”)
• cró caorach (“sheepfold, shieling”)

See the etymology of the main entry.

caora

1. nominative plural of caor
2. dative plural of caor

• "caora" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “cáera” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “caora” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 117.
• Entries containing “caora” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “caora” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Old Irish cáera, from Proto-Celtic *kaɸrāxs.

• IPA^(key): [kʰɯːɾə]

caora f (genitive singular caorach, plural caoraich)

1. sheep

   am bun nan caorach ― looking after the sheep

   o chrò nan caorach ― from the sheep-fold

2. (derogatory) sheepish person

• buachaill-chaorach (“shepherd”)
• cù-chaorach (“sheepdog”)
• an sionnach ann an craiceann na caorach (“wolf in sheep's clothing”)

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language (John Grant, Edinburgh, 1925, Complied by Malcolm MacLennan)
• “cáera” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.