carba-

Irish

Alternative forms

• carb- (before a vowel)
• carbai- (before a slender consonant)

Etymology

Borrowed from English carbo-.

Prefix

carba-

1. carbo-

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with carba-

Mutation

Mutated forms of carba-

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carba-	charba-	gcarba-

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carb”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN