carthanach
Irish
Alternative forms
- carantach, carántach, carthannach, carthanúil
Etymology
From Middle Irish carthanach. By surface analysis, carthain + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠhən̪ˠa(x)/
Adjective
carthanach (genitive singular masculine carthanaigh, genitive singular feminine carthanaí)
- kind, friendly, charitable
- 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:
- Sé sin deagh-dhaoine a bhí maith, carthanach le chéile ar an tsaoghal so, ⁊ beidh an gléas maith sin orra go lá an bhreitheamhnais.
- They are good people who were kind and friendly towards each other in this world, and they will be in that happy state till the day of judgment.
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Declension
Declension of carthanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | carthanach | charthanach | carthanach; charthanach² | |
| Vocative | charthanaigh | carthanach | ||
| Genitive | carthanaí | carthanach | carthanach | |
| Dative | carthanach; charthanach¹ |
charthanach; charthanaigh (archaic) |
carthanach; charthanach² | |
| Comparative | níos carthanaí | |||
| Superlative | is carthanaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carthanach | charthanach | gcarthanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “carthanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “carthanach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “carṫannaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 120
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “carthanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
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