càrn

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See also: carn, cârn, and čarn

Scottish Gaelic

Càrn (1).

Etymology

From Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos. Cognates include Irish carn and Welsh carn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʰaːrˠn̪ˠ/
  • Hyphenation: càrn

Noun

càrn m (genitive singular cùirn, plural cùirn)

  1. cairn
  2. cart, sled

Declension

Declension of càrn (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative càrn cùirn
genitive cùirn chàrn
dative càrn cùirn; càrnaibh✝
definite
singular plural
nominative (an) càrn (na) cùirn
genitive (a') chùirn (nan) càrn
dative (a') chàrn (na) cùirn; càrnaibh✝
vocative chùirn chàrna

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Descendants

  • → Scots: cairn

Mutation

Mutation of càrn
radical lenition
càrn chàrn

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

References

  • Colin Mark (2003) “càrn”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 117
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