Carghas

Irish

Alternative forms

• caraos, Caraos, cargas, Cargas, carghas, Corgas
• carghaos, Carghaos, carghus, Carghus, cargus, Cargus, corgas, Corgas, corghas, Corghas, corghus, Corghus, corgus, Corgus (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑˈɾˠiːsˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠiːsˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔɾˠəɡəsˠ/ (corresponding to the form Corgas)

Proper noun

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

1. (Christianity) Lent

Declension

Declension of Carghas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Carghas vocative a Charghais genitive Carghais dative Carghas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Carghas genitive an Charghais dative leis an gCarghas don Charghas

Mutation

Mutated forms of Carghas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Carghas	Charghas	gCarghas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “Carġaos”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 118
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Carghas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰaɾa.əs̪/

Proper noun

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

1. Lent

Usage notes

• Usually used with the definite article: an Carghas.

Mutation

Mutation of Carghas

radical	lenition
Carghas	Charghas

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