carria

See also: carrià

Irish

Alternative forms

• cairria
• cairrfhiadh, cairr-fhiadh, carrfhiadh, carr-fhiadh (superseded)

Etymology

Compound of fia (“deer”). It is unclear whether the first element is carr (“cart, wagon”), carr (“spear”), carr (“scab”), carr (“mouth, face”) or a cranberry morpheme with no independent existence.

Pronunciation

• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠiə/

Noun

carria m (genitive singular carria, nominative plural carrianna)

1. hart, stag

Declension

Declension of carria

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative carria carrianna Vocative a charria a charrianna Genitive carria carrianna Dative carria carrianna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an carria na carrianna Genitive an charria na gcarrianna Dative leis an gcarria don charria leis na carrianna

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carria	charria	gcarria
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “cairrḟiaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 107
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carria”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN