carthanach

carthanach

Irish

Alternative forms

• carantach, carántach, carthannach, carthanúil

Etymology

From Middle Irish carthanach; synchronically analyzable as carthain +‎ -ach

Adjective

carthanach (genitive singular masculine carthanaigh, genitive singular feminine carthanaí)

1. kind, friendly, charitable
   • 1894 March 1, Peadar Mac Fionnlaoigh, “An rí nach robh le fagháil bháis”, in Irisleabhar na Gaedhilge, volume 1:5, Dublin: Gaelic Union, pages 185–88:

     Sé sin deagh-dhaoine a bhí maith, carthanach le chéile ar an tsaoghal so, ⁊ beidh an gléas maith sin orra go lá an bhreitheamhnais.

     They are good people who were kind and friendly towards each other in this world, and they will be in that happy state till the day of judgment.

Declension

Declension of carthanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	carthanach	charthanach	carthanach; charthanach²
Vocative	charthanaigh		carthanach
Genitive		carthanaí	carthanach	carthanach
Dative	carthanach; charthanach¹	charthanach; charthanaigh (archaic)	carthanach; charthanach²
Comparative	níos carthanaí
Superlative	is carthanaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• carthanacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carthanach	charthanach	gcarthanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “carthanach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “carthanach”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “carṫannaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 120.
• "carthanach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.