carthanas

Irish

Alternative forms

• carthannas

Etymology

From carthain +‎ -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic carthannas.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠhənˠəsˠ/, /ˈkaɾˠhən̪ˠəsˠ/

Noun

carthanas m (genitive singular carthanais)

1. charity (organization)
2. Synonym of carthanacht

Declension

Declension of carthanas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative carthanas Vocative a charthanais Genitive carthanais Dative carthanas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an carthanas Genitive an charthanais Dative leis an gcarthanas don charthanas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carthanas	charthanas	gcarthanas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carṫannas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carthanas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN