carnán
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcarnán m (genitive singular carnáin, nominative plural carnáin)
- heap, pile
- carnán bruscair ― heap of rubbish, kitchen midden
- mound, hillock
- (card games) kitty (set of additional cards dealt face down in some games)
- Synonym: ciste
Declension
editDeclension of carnán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
edit- brú carnáin (“rat race”)
- carnán caochán (“molehill”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
carnán | charnán | gcarnán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- “carnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carnán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 87