Irish

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Etymology

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From carball-ach

Adjective

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carballach (genitive singular masculine carballaigh, genitive singular feminine carballaí, plural carballacha, not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) palatal

Declension

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Declension of carballach
singular plural (m/f)
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

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Mutated forms of carballach
radical 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

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