càrn

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
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) càrn (na) cùirn
Genitive (an) chùirn (nan) càrn
Dative (an) chàrn (na) cùirn
Vocative (a) chùirn (a) chàrna

Descendants
  • → Scots: cairn

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
càrnchàrn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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