carnán

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From carn +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑːɾˠn̪ˠɑːn̪ˠ/[2], /ˈkoɾˠn̪ˠɑːnˠ/[3]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaːɾˠn̪ˠanˠ/[4]

Noun

carnán m (genitive singular carnáin, nominative plural carnáin)

  1. heap, pile
    carnán bruscair ― heap of rubbish, kitchen midden
  2. mound

Declension

Declension of carnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative carnán carnáin
vocative a charnáin a charnána
genitive carnáin carnán
dative carnán carnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an carnán na carnáin
genitive an charnáin na gcarnán
dative leis an gcarnán
don charnán 		leis na carnáin

Derived terms

  • brú carnáin (“rat race”)
  • carnán caochán (“molehill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carnán
radical lenition eclipsis
carnán charnán gcarnán

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

References

  1. ^ “carnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 224, page 42
  3. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 158
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 239, page 87

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