cárt
See also: Appendix:Variations of "cart"
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English quart, from Latin quartus (“one fourth”).
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠt̪ˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠt̪ˠə/[1] (corresponding to the form cárta)
Noun
cárt m (genitive singular cáirt, nominative plural cáirt)
- a quart (unit of liquid measurement equivalent to two pints)
Declension
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Mutation
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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cárt | chárt | gcárt |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 452, page 146