# carraig
## Irish
### Alternative forms

* carraic (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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈkɑɾˠɪɟ/, /ˈkaɾˠɪɟ/, (Cois Fharraige) [ˈkaːɾˠɪɟ]
* (Mayo, Ulster) IPA: /ˈkaɾˠɪc/, /ˈkæɾˠɪc/, /ˈkɑɾˠɪc/

### Noun

carraig f (genitive singular carraige, nominative plural carraigeacha)
* rock
** 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:Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.[original: Waves gently lap against the rocks below.]

#### Declension

bare forms
case
singular
plural
nominative
carraig
carraigeacha
vocative
a charraig
a charraigeacha
genitive
carraige
carraigeacha
dative
carraig
carraigeacha
forms with the definite article
case
singular
plural
nominative
an charraig
na carraigeacha
genitive
na carraige
na gcarraigeacha
dative
leis an gcarraig don charraig
leis na carraigeacha :
* Alternative plural: carraigreacha (Cois Fharraige)

#### Derived terms

* Carraig Fhearghais

#### Descendants

* → English: Carrick, Carrig, Craig, crag
* → Yola: carrick

### Mutation

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

### References

* ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
* ↑ Ó Cuív, Brian (1968) The Irish of West Muskerry, Co. Cork: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 59, page 15; reprinted 1988
* ↑ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 147
* ↑ Breatnach, Risteard B. (1947) The Irish of Ring, Co. Waterford: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 394, page 84
* ↑ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 404.3, page 92
* ↑ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 517, page 96
* ↑ Mhac an Fhailigh, Éamonn (1968) The Irish of Erris, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, section 129, page 31
* ↑ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 268, page 95
* ↑ Stockman, Gerard (1974) The Irish of Achill, Co. Mayo (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 2), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, section 1216, page 247
* ↑ Wagner, Heinrich (1959) Gaeilge Theilinn: Foghraidheacht, Gramadach, Téacsanna [The Irish of Teelin: Phonetics, Grammar, Texts] (in Irish), Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], section 458, page 171; reprinted 1979

### Further reading

* Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 119
* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carraig”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
* de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carraig”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
* “carraig”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

## Scottish Gaelic
### 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”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰarˠɪc/

### Noun

carraig f (genitive singular carraige, plural carraigean)
* rock, crag

#### Synonyms

* creag

### References

* Edward Dwelly (1911) “carraig”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
* Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “carrac”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language