cairéad

cairéad

Irish

Alternative forms

• cáiréad

Etymology

From Middle French carotte, from Latin carōta, from Ancient Greek καρῶτον (karôton).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kaˈɾʲiad̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾʲeːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾʲad̪ˠ/

Noun

cairéad m (genitive singular cairéid, nominative plural cairéid)

1. carrot (vegetable, Daucus carota ssp. sativus)

Declension

Declension of cairéad

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative cairéad cairéid Vocative a chairéid a chairéada Genitive cairéid cairéad Dative cairéad cairéid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an cairéad na cairéid Genitive an chairéid na gcairéad Dative leis an gcairéad don chairéad leis na cairéid

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cairéad	chairéad	gcairéad
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “cairéad”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “cáiréad”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “cairéad”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN