carrac

Middle Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar͈əɡ/

Noun

carrac f (genitive cairrce, nominative plural cairrce)

1. rock

Descendants

• Irish: carraig, carraic (Mayo, Ulster)
  • → English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
  • → Yola: carrick
• Manx: carrick
• Scottish Gaelic: carraig

Mutation

Mutation of carrac

radical	lenition	nasalization
carrac	charrac	carrac pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language