cairéad

See also: cáiréad

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cáiréad

Etymology

From Middle French carotte, from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /kaˈɾʲiad̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾʲeːd̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾʲad̪ˠ/

Noun

cairéad m (genitive singular cairéid, nominative plural cairéid)

  1. carrot (vegetable, Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Declension

Declension of cairéad (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative cairéad cairéid
vocative a chairéid a chairéada
genitive cairéid cairéad
dative cairéad cairéid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an cairéad na cairéid
genitive an chairéid na gcairéad
dative leis an gcairéad
don chairéad 		leis na cairéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairéad
radical lenition eclipsis
cairéad chairéad gcairéad

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

Further reading

  • “cairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cáiréad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 150; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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