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Irish
Etymology
From Middle French carotte, from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρωτόν (karōtón).
Pronunciation
Noun
cairéad m (genitive singular cairéid, nominative plural cairéid)
- carrot (vegetable, Daucus carota ssp. sativus)
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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cairéad
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chairéad
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gcairéad
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- “cairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “cáiréad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN