carbán

Irish

Etymology

From Old French carpe, from Late Latin carpa, from Gothic *𐌺𐌰𐍂𐍀𐌰 (*karpa), + -án.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑrˠˈbˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkarˠbˠɑːnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkarˠbˠænˠ/

Noun

carbán m (genitive singular carbáin, nominative plural carbáin)

1. carp (freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae)

Declension

Declension of carbán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carbán carbáin vocative a charbáin a charbána genitive carbáin carbán dative carbán carbáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an carbán na carbáin genitive an charbáin na gcarbán dative leis an gcarbán don charbán leis na carbáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of carbán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carbán	charbán	gcarbán

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carbán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carbán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025