carbónach

Irish

Etymology

From carbón (“carbon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəɾˠ(ə)ˈbˠoːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠ(ə)bˠoːn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠ(ə)bˠɔn̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

carbónach (genitive singular masculine carbónaigh, genitive singular feminine carbónaí, plural carbónacha, not comparable)

1. carbonic

Declension

Declension of carbónach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	carbónach	charbónach	carbónacha; charbónacha²
Vocative	charbónaigh		carbónacha
Genitive		carbónaí	carbónacha	carbónach
Dative	carbónach; charbónach¹	charbónach; charbónaigh (archaic)	carbónacha; charbónacha²
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.

Derived terms

• aigéad carbónach m (“carbonic acid”)
• searbhghás carbónach m (“carbonic acid gas”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carbónach	charbónach	gcarbónach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carbónach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carbónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024