carachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carachtar, from Latin character, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “type, nature, character”), from χαράσσω (kharássō, “to engrave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠəxt̪ˠəɾˠ/

Noun

carachtar m (genitive singular carachtair, nominative plural carachtair)

1. character

Declension

Derived terms

• carachtracht f (“characterization”)

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “carachtar” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “carachtar” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• caractar, cáractar, cárachtar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

carachtar n (genitive carachtair, nominative plural carachtra)

1. character
   • c. 845, St Gall Glosses on Priscian, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1975, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. II, pp. 49–224, Sg. 9^a22 (Wikisource link)

     Cía for·comam-ni ríagoil sen-Gréc hi scríbunt in dá caractar isnaib ɔsonaib ucut, ro·cruthaigsemmar camaiph immurgu óen charactar – ·f· tar hési ·p· co tinfeth – i n‑epertaib Latinṅdaib.

     Although we preserve the rule of the ancient Greeks in writing the two charac­ters in those conso­nants, we have, however, formed one character – f instead of p with lenition – in Latin words.

Declension

Descendants

• Irish: carachtar

Mutation

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cárachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language