carráiste

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English cariage, from Old Northern French cariage, from carier (“to carry”).

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɞɾˠɑːʃtʲə/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠaʃtʲə/[2], /ˈkaɾˠæʃtʲə/[3]

Noun

carráiste m (genitive singular carráiste, nominative plural carráistí)

  1. carriage (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
  2. (rail transport) carriage, railroad car
    carráiste traenach ― railway carriage
  3. (obsolete, also in the plural) baggage

Declension

Declension of carráiste (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative carráiste carráistí
vocative a charráiste a charráistí
genitive carráiste carráistí
dative carráiste carráistí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an carráiste na carráistí
genitive an charráiste na gcarráistí
dative leis an gcarráiste
don charráiste 		leis na carráistí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • focharráiste (“undercarriage”)
  • carráiste tobac (“smoking carriage, smoking compartment”)
  • carráiste gunna (“gun carriage”)
  • gunnacharráiste (“gun carriage”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carráiste
radical lenition eclipsis
carráiste charráiste gcarráiste

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

References

  1. ^ “carráiste”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sommerfelt, Alf (1922) The Dialect of Torr, County Donegal, volume I: Phonology, Christiania [Oslo]: Videnskapsselskapet i Kristiania, section 291, page 95
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 441, page 142

Further reading

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