carraig
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Alternative forms ===
carraic (Mayo, Ulster)
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
=== Pronunciation ===
(Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/, /ˈkaɾˠɪɟ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ]
(Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠɪc/, /ˈkæɾˠɪc/, /ˈkɑɾˠɪc/
=== Noun ===
carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)
rock
==== Declension ====
Alternative plural: carraigreacha (Cois Fharraige)
==== Derived terms ====
Carraig Fhearghais
==== Descendants ====
→ English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
→ Yola: Carrick
=== Mutation ===
=== References ===
=== Further reading ===
Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla [Irish and English Dictionary], 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “carraig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“carraig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈkʰarˠɪc/
=== Noun ===
carraig f (genitive singular carraige, plural carraigean)
rock, crag
==== Synonyms ====
creag
=== References ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “carraig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 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