carthanas

Irish

Alternative forms

• carthannas

Etymology

From carthain +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic carthannas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠhənˠəsˠ/, /ˈkaɾˠhən̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

carthanas m (genitive singular carthanais)

1. charity (organization)
2. Synonym of carthanacht

Declension

Declension of carthanas (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative carthanas vocative a charthanais genitive carthanais dative carthanas forms with the definite article case singular nominative an carthanas genitive an charthanais dative leis an gcarthanas don charthanas

Mutation

Mutated forms of carthanas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carthanas	charthanas	gcarthanas

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carṫannas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carthanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN