Carghas

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.[2]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

  1. (Christianity) Lent

Declension

Declension of Carghas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Carghas
vocative a Charghais
genitive Carghais
dative Carghas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Carghas
genitive an Charghais
dative leis an gCarghas
don Charghas

Mutation

Mutated forms of Carghas
radical lenition eclipsis
Carghas Charghas gCarghas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “Carghas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Corgus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 542, page 101
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish Corgus, from Latin quadrāgēsima.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Carghas m (genitive Carghais)

  1. Lent

Usage notes

  • Usually used with the definite article: an Carghas.

Mutation

Mutation of Carghas
radical lenition
Carghas Charghas

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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