cairéad

See also: cáiréad

Irish

Alternative forms

• cáiréad

Etymology

From Middle French carotte, from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾʲiad̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾʲeːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾʲad̪ˠ/

Noun

cairéad m (genitive singular cairéid, nominative plural cairéid)

1. carrot (vegetable, Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Declension

Declension of cairéad (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative cairéad cairéid vocative a chairéid a chairéada genitive cairéid cairéad dative cairéad cairéid forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an cairéad na cairéid genitive an chairéid na gcairéad dative leis an gcairéad don chairéad leis na cairéid

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairéad

radical	lenition	eclipsis
cairéad	chairéad	gcairéad

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

Further reading

• “cairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cáiréad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN