carria

See also: carrià

Irish

Alternative forms
  • cairria
  • cairrfhiadh, cairr-fhiadh, carrfhiadh, carr-fhiadh (superseded)

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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carria charria gcarria
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, 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

Further reading
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