tollbhealach

Irish

Etymology

From toll (“hole”) +‎ bealach (“road, way, route”).

Noun

tollbhealach m (genitive singular tollbhealaigh, nominative plural tollbhealaí)

1. adit

Declension

Declension of tollbhealach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative tollbhealach tollbhealaí Vocative a thollbhealaigh a thollbhealaí Genitive tollbhealaigh tollbhealaí Dative tollbhealach tollbhealaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an tollbhealach na tollbhealaí Genitive an tollbhealaigh na dtollbhealaí Dative leis an tollbhealach don tollbhealach leis na tollbhealaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tollbhealach	thollbhealach	dtollbhealach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tollbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “tollbhealach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.