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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of carbónach
radical lenition eclipsis
carbónach charbónach gcarbónach

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

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