carbad

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Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish carpat, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos.

Noun

carbad m (genitive singular carbaid, nominative plural carbaid)

  1. chariot
Declension
Declension of carbad (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative carbad carbaid
vocative a charbaid a charbada
genitive carbaid carbad
dative carbad carbaid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an carbad na carbaid
genitive an charbaid na gcarbad
dative leis an gcarbad
don charbad 		leis na carbaid
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

carbad m (genitive singular carbaid, nominative plural carbaid)

  1. Alternative form of carball
Declension
Declension of carbad (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative carbad carbaid
vocative a charbaid a charbada
genitive carbaid carbad
dative carbad carbaid
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an carbad na carbaid
genitive an charbaid na gcarbad
dative leis an gcarbad
don charbad 		leis na carbaid

Mutation

Mutated forms of carbad
radical lenition eclipsis
carbad charbad gcarbad

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 138, page 54

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish carpat, from Proto-Celtic *karbantos.

Pronunciation

Noun

carbad m (genitive singular carbaid, plural carbadan)

  1. carriage, coach, chariot
  2. carriage, wagon
  3. (generally) vehicle

Declension

Declension of carbad (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative carbad carbadan
Genitive carbaid charbadan
Dative carbad carbadan; carbadaibh✝
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) carbad (na) carbadan
Genitive (a') charbaid (nan) carbadan
Dative (a') charbad (na) carbadan; carbadaibh✝
Vocative charbaid charbadan

✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of carbad
radical lenition
carbad charbad

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “carbad”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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