carraic

Irish

Pronunciation

Noun

carraic f (genitive singular carraice, nominative plural carraiceacha)

  1. Mayo and Ulster form of carraig (rock)

Declension

Declension of carraic (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative carraic carraiceacha
vocative a charraic a charraiceacha
genitive carraice carraiceacha
dative carraic carraiceacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an charraic na carraiceacha
genitive na carraice na gcarraiceacha
dative leis an gcarraic
don charraic
leis na carraiceacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of carraic
radical lenition eclipsis
carraic charraic gcarraic

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

References

  1. ^ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968), The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 129, page 31
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 268, page 95
  3. ^ Stockman, Gerard (1974), The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1216, page 247
  4. ^ Wagner, Heinrich (1959), Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 458, page 171; reprinted 1979