carballach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
carballach (genitive singular masculine carballaigh, genitive singular feminine carballaí, plural carballacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
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 edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carballach | charballach | gcarballach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “carballach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.