earballach

Irish

Etymology

From earball (“tail”) ‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

earballach (genitive singular masculine earballaigh, genitive singular feminine earballaí, plural earballacha, not comparable)

1. Alternative form of eireaballach (“tailed; caudal”)

Declension

Declension of earballach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	earballach	earballach	earballacha
vocative	earballaigh		earballacha
genitive		earballaí	earballacha	earballach
dative	earballach	earballach; earballaigh (archaic)	earballacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of earballach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
earballach	n-earballach	hearballach	not applicable

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “earball”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN