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carraig

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Carraig

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish carrac (rock, large stone)[1] (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (hard).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)

  1. rock
    • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:
      Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.
      [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

Declension

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Declension of carraig (second declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an charraig na carraigeacha
genitive na carraige na gcarraigeacha
dative leis an gcarraig
don charraig
leis na carraigeacha

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
  • Yola: carrick

Mutation

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Mutated forms of carraig
radical lenition eclipsis
carraig charraig gcarraig

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

References

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Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish carrac (rock, large stone) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (hard).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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carraig f (genitive singular carraige, plural carraigean)

  1. rock, crag

Synonyms

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References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “carraig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language