"carraig" meaning in Irish

See carraig in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/ [Connacht, Munster], /ˈkaɾˠɪɟ/ [Connacht, Munster], [ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ] [Connacht, Munster, Cois-Fharraige], /ˈkaɾˠɪc/ [Mayo, Ulster], /ˈkæɾˠɪc/ [Mayo, Ulster], /ˈkɑɾˠɪc/ [Mayo, Ulster]
Etymology: From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|carrac||rock, large stone}} Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”), {{cog|gv|carrick}} Manx carrick, {{cog|cy|carreg}} Welsh carreg, {{der|ga|cel-bry-pro|*karreg}} Proto-Brythonic *karreg, {{der|ga|cel-pro|*karrikā}} Proto-Celtic *karrikā, {{der|ga|ine-pro|*kh₂er-|t=hard}} Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|carraige|||||||nominative plural|carraigeacha|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha), {{ga-noun|f|~e|~eacha}} carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: carraige [genitive, singular], carraigeacha [nominative, plural], declension-2 [table-tags], no-table-tags [table-tags], carraig [indefinite, nominative, singular], carraigeacha [indefinite, nominative, plural], a charraig [indefinite, singular, vocative], a charraigeacha [indefinite, plural, vocative], carraige [genitive, indefinite, singular], carraigeacha [genitive, indefinite, plural], carraig [dative, indefinite, singular], carraigeacha [dative, indefinite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an charraig [definite, nominative, singular], na carraigeacha [definite, nominative, plural], na carraige [definite, genitive, singular], na gcarraigeacha [definite, genitive, plural], leis an gcarraig [dative, definite, singular], don charraig [dative, definite, singular], leis na carraigeacha [dative, definite, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], carraig [error-unrecognized-form], charraig [lenition], gcarraig [eclipsis], carraic [alternative, Mayo, Ulster]
  1. rock Tags: feminine Derived forms: Carraig Fhearghais
    Sense id: en-carraig-ga-noun-NQp3DA7J Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Geology

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrick"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Craig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "crag"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrick"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "carrac",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rock, large stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "carrick"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx carrick",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "carreg"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh carreg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*karreg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *karreg",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*karrikā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *karrikā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kh₂er-",
        "t": "hard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carraige",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na carraige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcarraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcarraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcarraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "carraigeacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "carraige",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "~eacha"
      },
      "expansion": "carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "ga",
          "name": "Geology",
          "orig": "ga:Geology",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "Carraig Fhearghais"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:",
          "text": "Waves gently lap against the rocks below.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rock"
      ],
      "id": "en-carraig-ga-noun-NQp3DA7J",
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "carraig"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Carraig Fhearghais"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrick"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Craig"
    },
    {
      "lang": "English",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "crag"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Yola",
      "lang_code": "yol",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "Carrick"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "carrac",
        "4": "",
        "5": "rock, large stone"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "carrick"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx carrick",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cy",
        "2": "carreg"
      },
      "expansion": "Welsh carreg",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-bry-pro",
        "3": "*karreg"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic *karreg",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "cel-pro",
        "3": "*karrikā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Celtic *karrikā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*kh₂er-",
        "t": "hard"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish carrac (“rock, large stone”) (compare Manx carrick, Welsh carreg), borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "carraige",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "declension-2",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a charraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-table-top",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "an charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na carraige",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "na gcarraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis an gcarraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "don charraig",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "leis na carraigeacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "charraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "lenition"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gcarraig",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "eclipsis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "carraic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "",
        "11": "nominative plural",
        "12": "carraigeacha",
        "13": "",
        "14": "",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "noun",
        "3": "genitive singular",
        "4": "carraige",
        "5": "",
        "6": "",
        "7": "",
        "8": "",
        "9": "",
        "cat2": "",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "g": "f",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "head": "",
        "var": ""
      },
      "expansion": "carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f",
        "2": "~e",
        "3": "~eacha"
      },
      "expansion": "carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)",
      "name": "ga-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
        "Irish feminine nouns",
        "Irish lemmas",
        "Irish nouns",
        "Irish second-declension nouns",
        "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic",
        "Irish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
        "Irish terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "ga:Geology"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              29,
              34
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny; Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:",
          "text": "Waves gently lap against the rocks below.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "rock"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rock",
          "rock"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠɪɟ/",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ]",
      "tags": [
        "Connacht",
        "Munster",
        "Cois-Fharraige"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkaɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkæɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑɾˠɪc/",
      "tags": [
        "Mayo",
        "Ulster"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "carraig"
}

Download raw JSONL data for carraig meaning in Irish (5.8kB)

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}

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}

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}

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}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (ccec6f1 and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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