croiméal

Irish

Alternative forms

• croimbéal

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare béal (“mouth”).

Noun

croiméal m (genitive singular croiméil, nominative plural croiméil)

1. moustache

Declension

Declension of croiméal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative croiméal croiméil Vocative a chroiméil a chroiméala Genitive croiméil croiméal Dative croiméal croiméil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an croiméal na croiméil Genitive an chroiméil na gcroiméal Dative leis an gcroiméal don chroiméal leis na croiméil

Derived terms

• croiméal pionsail (“pencil moustache”)
• croiméal róin (“walrus moustache”)
• croiméalach (“moustached”, adjective)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
croiméal	chroiméal	gcroiméal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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