carraig

Irish

Carraig

Alternative forms

• carraic (Mayo, Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/
• (Connemara) IPA^(key): /ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ/
• (Mayo, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠɪc/

Noun

carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)

1. rock
   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.

     [original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

Declension

Declension of carraig

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative carraig carraigeacha Vocative a charraig a charraigeacha Genitive carraige carraigeacha Dative carraig carraigeacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an charraig na carraigeacha Genitive na carraige na gcarraigeacha Dative leis an gcarraig don charraig leis na carraigeacha

• Alternative plural: carraigreacha (Cois Fharraige)

Derived terms

• Carraig Fhearghais

Descendants

• → English: Carrick, Carrig
• → Yola: carrick

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carraig	charraig	gcarraig
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carraig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carraig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰarˠɪc/

Noun

carraig f (genitive singular carraige, plural carraigean)

1. rock, crag

Synonyms

• creag

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “carraig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language