càrn
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos. Cognates include Irish carn and Welsh carn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
càrn m (genitive singular cùirn, plural cùirn)
Declension edit
Declension of càrn (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | càrn | cùirn |
Genitive | cùirn | chàrn |
Dative | càrn | cùirn; càrnaibh* |
Definite | ||
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | (an) càrn | (na) cùirn |
Genitive | (a') chùirn | (nan) càrn |
Dative | (a') chàrn | (na) cùirn; càrnaibh* |
Vocative | (a) chùirn | (a) chàrna |
*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century
Descendants edit
Mutation edit
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
càrn | chàrn |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Colin Mark (2003) “càrn”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 117