cuailleach

Irish

Etymology

From cuaille (“pale”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cuailleach (genitive singular masculine cuailligh, genitive singular feminine cuaillí, plural cuailleacha, not comparable)

1. (heraldry) impaled

Declension

Declension of cuailleach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	cuailleach	chuailleach	cuailleacha; chuailleacha²
Vocative	chuailligh		cuailleacha
Genitive		cuaillí	cuailleacha	cuailleach
Dative	cuailleach; chuailleach¹	chuailleach; chuailligh (archaic)	cuailleacha; chuailleacha²
Comparative	níos cuaillí
Superlative	is cuaillí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
cuailleach	chuailleach	gcuailleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “cuailleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN