carrac

Middle Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish carrac, from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarəɡ/

Noun

carrac f (genitive cairrce, nominative plural cairrce)

1. rock

Descendants

• Irish: carraig, carraic (Mayo, Ulster)
  • → English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
  • → Yola: Carrick
• Manx: carrick
• Scottish Gaelic: carraig

Mutation

Mutation of carrac

radical	lenition	nasalization
carrac	charrac	carrac pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Welsh carrecc, from Proto-Brythonic *karreg, from Proto-Celtic *karrikā, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂er- (“hard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.rəɡ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈka.raɡ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈka.rəɡ]

Noun

carrac f

1. rock

Inflection

Feminine ā-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	carracL	carraigL	cairrceaH
vocative	carracL	carraigL	cairrceaH
accusative	carraigN	carraigL	cairrceaH
genitive	cairrceH	carracL	carracN
dative	carraigL	cairrcib	cairrcib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: carrac
  • Irish: carraig, carraic (Mayo, Ulster)
    • → English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
    • → Yola: Carrick
  • Manx: carrick
  • Scottish Gaelic: carraig

Mutation

Mutation of carrac

radical	lenition	nasalization
carrac	charrac	carrac pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language