Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.[2]

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

  1. (Christianity) Lent

Declension edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Carghas Charghas gCarghas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Carghas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “Corgus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 542, page 101
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation edit

Proper noun edit

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

  1. Lent

Usage notes edit

  • Usually used with the definite article: an Carghas.

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
Carghas Charghas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.