gualach

See also: gúalach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gúalach, from gúal (“coal”) (compare modern gual).

Noun

gualach m (genitive singular gualaigh)

1. charcoal

   Synonym: fioghual

2. (art) charcoal (drawing material)

   Synonym: gualach líníochta

3. coating of soot (on pot)

   Synonym: gualach pota

Declension

Declension of gualach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative gualach Vocative a ghualaigh Genitive gualaigh Dative gualach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an gualach Genitive an ghualaigh Dative leis an ngualach don ghualach

Derived terms

• dóiteoir gualaigh (“charcoal-burner”)

Related terms

• gualaigh (“char”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gualach	ghualach	ngualach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gualach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúalach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gualach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “gualach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024