carthanach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish carthanach.[2] By surface analysis, carthain + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
carthanach (genitive singular masculine carthanaigh, genitive singular feminine carthanaí)
- kind, friendly, charitable
- 1894 March, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Sé sin deagh-dhaoine a bhí maith, carthanach le chéile ar an tsaoghal so, ⁊ beidh an gléas maith sin orra go lá an bhreitheamhnais.
- They are good people who were kind and friendly towards each other in this world, and they will be in that happy state till the day of judgment.
Declension[edit]
Declension of carthanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | carthanach | charthanach | carthanach; charthanach² | |
Vocative | charthanaigh | carthanach | ||
Genitive | carthanaí | carthanach | carthanach | |
Dative | carthanach; charthanach¹ |
charthanach; charthanaigh (archaic) |
carthanach; charthanach² | |
Comparative | níos carthanaí | |||
Superlative | is carthanaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Yola: courmach
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
carthanach | charthanach | gcarthanach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- ^ “carthanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “carthanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
Further reading[edit]
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carṫannaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carthanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN