gualach

See also: gúalach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gúalach, from gúal (“coal”).[1] By surface analysis, gual +‎ -ach.

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, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative gualach
vocative a ghualaigh
genitive gualaigh
dative gualach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an gualach
genitive an ghualaigh
dative leis an ngualach
don ghualach

Derived terms

  • dóiteoir gualaigh (“charcoal-burner”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of gualach
radical lenition eclipsis
gualach ghualach ngualach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúalach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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