carthanach
Irish
Alternative forms
- carantach, carántach, carthannach, carthanúil[1]
Etymology
From Middle Irish carthanach.[2] By surface analysis, carthain + -ach.
Adjective
carthanach (genitive singular masculine carthanaigh, genitive singular feminine carthanaí)
- kind, friendly, charitable
- 1894 March, 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.
Declension
Declension of carthanach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
Descendants
- → Yola: courmach
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
carthanach | charthanach | gcarthanach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- “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
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 49
Further reading
- 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
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