cairéal
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish cairél (“quarry”), apparently based on English quarry.
Noun edit
cairéal m (genitive singular cairéil, nominative plural cairéil)
Declension edit
Declension of cairéal
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- cairéalacht f (“(act of) quarrying”)
- cairéalaí m (“quarryman”)
- cairéalaigh (“quarry”, verb)
- cloch chairéil f (“quarry-stone”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
cairéal | chairéal | gcairéal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cairéal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “cairél”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language