Irish
Etymology
From cros- (“cross-”) + bealach (“road”).
Noun
crosbhealach m (genitive singular crosbhealaigh, nominative plural crosbhealaí)
- crossroad, intersection
- Synonyms: crosaire, crosbhóthar
Declension
Declension of crosbhealach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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crosbhealach
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crosbhealaí
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| vocative
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a chrosbhealaigh
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a chrosbhealaí
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| genitive
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crosbhealaigh
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crosbhealaí
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| dative
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crosbhealach
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crosbhealaí
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Mutation
Mutated forms of crosbhealach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| crosbhealach
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chrosbhealach
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gcrosbhealach
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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) “crosbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crosbhealach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “crosbhealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025