carcanaigin

Irish

Etymology

From carcana- +‎ -gin.

Noun

carcanaigin f (genitive singular carcanaigine, nominative plural carcanaiginí)

1. carcinogen

Declension

Declension of carcanaigin (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carcanaigin carcanaiginí vocative a charcanaigin a charcanaiginí genitive carcanaigine carcanaiginí dative carcanaigin carcanaiginí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an charcanaigin na carcanaiginí genitive na carcanaigine na gcarcanaiginí dative leis an gcarcanaigin don charcanaigin leis na carcanaiginí

Related terms

• carcanaigineach
• carcanaigineacht
• carcanaigineas

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of carcanaigin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carcanaigin	charcanaigin	gcarcanaigin

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) “carcanaigin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “carcanaigin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024