carballach

Irish

Etymology

From carball +‎ -ach

Adjective

carballach (genitive singular masculine carballaigh, genitive singular feminine carballaí, plural carballacha, not comparable)

  1. (phonetics) palatal

Declension

Declension of carballach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative carballach charballach carballacha;
charballacha2
vocative charballaigh carballacha
genitive carballaí carballacha carballach
dative carballach;
charballach1
charballach;
charballaigh (archaic)
carballacha;
charballacha2
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of carballach
radical lenition eclipsis
carballach charballach gcarballach

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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