cairt
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Irish cairt, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Noun edit
cairt f (genitive singular cairte, nominative plural cairteacha)
Declension edit
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Derived terms edit
- cairt aimsire (“weather-chart”)
- cairt baile (“town charter”)
- cairt cathrach (“city charter”)
- cairt chompáis (“compass card”)
- cairt comhlachta (“company charter”)
- cairt ghaoithe (“wind-chart”)
- cairt loingseoireachta (“navigator's chart, sea map”)
- cairt loingseora (“navigator's chart, sea map”)
- cairt phraitice (“pratique”)
- cairtchlár (“cardboard”)
- cairteacha riaracháin f pl (“letters of administration”)
- cairteoir (“mapmaker”)
- cairtfhostaigh (“charter”, transitive verb)
- cairtfhostóir (“charterer”)
- fearann cairte (“charter-land”)
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
cairt f (genitive singular cairte or cairteach, nominative plural cairteacha)
Declension edit
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- Alternative declension
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Derived terms edit
- cairteoir (“carter”)
- carra cairte (“chassis of cart”)
- cosán cairte (“cart-track”)
- fear cairte (“carter; hawker”)
- fearann cairte (“charter-land”)
- lód cairte (“cart-load”)
- rian cairte (“cart-track”)
- sáil cairte (“tail of cart”)
- sáilín cairte (“heel of cart-shaft”)
- saor cairte (“cartwright”)
- smearadh cairte (“cart-grease”)
- torann cairte (“rumble of cart”)
- ualach cairte (“cart-load”)
Etymology 3 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
cairt f (genitive singular cairte, nominative plural cairteacha)
- device for making fishing lines
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Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
cairt f (genitive singular cairte, nominative plural cairteacha)
- Alternative form of coirt (“bark; coating; fur, scale, scum”)
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Verb edit
cairt (present analytic cairteann, future analytic cairtfidh, verbal noun cairteadh, past participle cairte)
- (transitive) Alternative form of coirtigh (“decorticate; tan; coat, encrust”)
Conjugation edit
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cairt | chairt | gcairt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 46
Scots edit
Noun edit
cairt (plural cairts)
- cart
- card
- (Middle Scots) chart; map
- a. 1578, Protocol Books of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528–1578:
- Ane brodit cart contenyng all cuntras
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1606, A Collection of Inventories and other Records of the Royal Wardrobe and Jewelhouse and of the artillery and munitioun in some of the royal castles, 1488–1606 (published 1815):
- Tua litle cairtis of the yle of Malt
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1660, The Poetical Remains of William Lithgow, the Scotish Traveller 1618–60 (published 1863):
- I had rather see on land, Be true eye-sight, than all the worlde by cairt
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a. 1578, Protocol Books of Dominus Thomas Johnsoun, 1528–1578:
Verb edit
cairt (third-person singular simple present cairts, present participle cairtin, simple past cairtit, past participle cairtit)
- to cart
References edit
- “cairt” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Scottish Gaelic edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cairt, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cairt f (genitive singular cairte, plural cairtean)
Derived terms edit
- cairt Nollaig (“Christmas card”)
- cairt-aithne (“ID card”)
- cairt-bhòrd (“cardboard”)
- cairt-bidhe (“menu”)
- cairt-chluiche (“playing card”)
- cairt-creideis (“credit card”)
- cairt-iasaid (“credit card”)
- cairt-iùil (“chart; compass”)
- cairt-phuist (“postcard”)
Mutation edit
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cairt | chairt |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |