eldertongue

Old English · noun

cancer

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
strong a-stem
IPA
/ˈkɑn.ker/
[ˈkɑŋ.ker]
Syllables
ˈkɑn · ker (2 syllables)
Modern English
cancercankercrab

Meaning

  1. cancer

  2. crab

Declension

Declension of cancer
SingularPlural
Nominative cancercancras
Accusative cancercancras
Genitive cancrescancra
Dative cancrecancrum

All forms (6)

Etymology

From Latin cancer.

Descendants

canker

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