carachtar

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “I engrave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠəxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

carachtar m (genitive singular carachtair, nominative plural carachtair)

1. character

Declension

Declension of carachtar

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative carachtar carachtair Vocative a charachtair a charachtara Genitive carachtair carachtar Dative carachtar carachtair

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an carachtar na carachtair Genitive an charachtair na gcarachtar Dative leis an gcarachtar don charachtar leis na carachtair

Derived terms

• carachtracht f (“characterization”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carachtar	charachtar	gcarachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cárachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carachtar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carachtar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024