carria

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See also: carrià

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of fia (deer). It is unclear whether the first element is carr (cart, wagon), carr (spear), carr (scab), carr (mouth, face) or a cranberry morpheme with no independent existence.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

carria m (genitive singular carria, nominative plural carrianna)

  1. hart, stag

Declension

Declension of carria (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative carria carrianna
vocative a charria a charrianna
genitive carria carrianna
dative carria carrianna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an carria na carrianna
genitive an charria na gcarrianna
dative leis an gcarria
don charria
leis na carrianna

Mutation

Mutated forms of carria
radical lenition eclipsis
carria charria gcarria

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “cairrḟiad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 95

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