carnán

Irish

Alternative forms

• cardán

Etymology

From carn +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾˠn̪ˠanˠ/, /ˈkaːɾˠn̪ˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

carnán m (genitive singular carnáin, nominative plural carnáin)

1. heap, pile

   carnán bruscair ― heap of rubbish, kitchen midden

2. mound, hillock
3. (card games) kitty (set of additional cards dealt face down in some games)

   Synonym: ciste

Declension

Declension of carnán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carnán carnáin vocative a charnáin a charnána genitive carnáin carnán dative carnán carnáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an carnán na carnáin genitive an charnáin na gcarnán dative leis an gcarnán don charnán leis na carnáin

Derived terms

• brú carnáin (“rat race”)
• carnán caochán (“molehill”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carnán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carnán	charnán	gcarnán

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

Further reading

• “carnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carnán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87