càrn

See also: carn, cârn, and čarn

Scottish Gaelic
Càrn (1).

Etymology

From Old Irish carn, from Proto-Celtic *karnos. Cognates include Irish carn and Welsh carn.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰaːrˠn̪ˠ/
  • Hyphenation: càrn

Noun

càrn m (genitive singular cùirn, plural cùirn)

  1. cairn
  2. cart, sled

Declension
Declension of càrn (type I masculine noun)
Indefinite
Singular Plural
Nominative càrn cùirn
Genitive cùirn chàrn
Dative càrn cùirn; càrnaibh*
Definite
Singular Plural
Nominative (an) càrn (na) cùirn
Genitive (a') chùirn (nan) càrn
Dative (a') chàrn (na) cùirn; càrnaibh*
Vocative (a) chùirn (a) chàrna

*obsolete form, was used until the 19th century

Descendants
  • → Scots: cairn

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
càrnchàrn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Colin Mark (2003) “càrn”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 117
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