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

Mutated forms of croiméal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
croiméal	chroiméal	gcroiméal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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