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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carcanaigin	charcanaigin	gcarcanaigin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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