carballach
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editcarballach (genitive singular masculine carballaigh, genitive singular feminine carballaí, plural carballacha, not comparable)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | carballach | charballach | carballacha; charballacha2 | |
vocative | charballaigh | carballacha | ||
genitive | carballaí | carballacha | carballach | |
dative | carballach; charballach1 |
charballach; charballaigh (archaic) |
carballacha; charballacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
---|---|---|
carballach | charballach | gcarballach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “carballach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024