carn aoiligh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Galway) IPA(key): /kɑːɾˠn̪ˠ ˈiːlʲə/, (older) /-ˈɯːlʲə/[1]

Noun

carn aoiligh m (genitive singular cairn aoiligh, nominative plural cairn aoiligh)

  1. dung heap, dunghill, midden

Mutation

Mutated forms of carn aoiligh
radical lenition eclipsis
carn aoiligh charn aoiligh gcarn aoiligh

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 278

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “aoileaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 50; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “carn”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 165; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carn aoiligh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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