carraigín

Irish

Alternative forms

• cairrgín (superseded)

Etymology

From carraig (“rock”) +‎ -ín (diminutive); compare Scottish Gaelic cairgein.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kɑɾˠɪˈɟiːnʲ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠɪɟiːnʲ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠɪɟinʲ/

Noun

carraigín m (genitive singular carraigín)

1. Irish moss (Chondrus crispus)

Declension

Declension of carraigín

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative carraigín Vocative a charraigín Genitive carraigín Dative carraigín

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an carraigín Genitive an charraigín Dative leis an gcarraigín don charraigín

Descendants

• → English: carrageen, carageen, caragheen, carragheen, carrigeen
  • → German: Carrageen
  • → Korean: 카라긴 (karagin)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carraigín	charraigín	gcarraigín
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “carraigín”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cairrgín”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carraigín”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN