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carraig
carraig
Irish
Carraig
Alternative forms
- carraic
Noun
carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)
Declension
Declension of carraig
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: carraigreacha (Cois Fharraige)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carraig | charraig | gcarraig |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "carraig" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “carrac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).
Noun
carraig f (genitive singular carraige, plural carraigean)
Synonyms
References
- 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 0 901771 92 9
- “carrac” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.