carraigeach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • cairgeach, cairrgeach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairrcech,[1] from Proto-Celtic *karrikākos (compare Welsh caregog). By surface analysis, carraig +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾʲəɟəx/, /ˈkɑɾʲəɟəx/[2]

Adjective

carraigeach (genitive singular masculine carraigigh, genitive singular feminine carraigí, plural carraigeacha, comparative carraigí)

  1. rocky

Declension

Declension of carraigeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative carraigeach charraigeach carraigeacha;
charraigeacha2
vocative charraigigh carraigeacha
genitive carraigí carraigeacha carraigeach
dative carraigeach;
charraigeach1 		charraigeach;
charraigigh (archaic) 		carraigeacha;
charraigeacha2
Comparative níos carraigí
Superlative is carraigí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

  • creagach

Mutation

Mutated forms of carraigeach
radical lenition eclipsis
carraigeach charraigeach gcarraigeach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairrcech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 152

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