Cearbhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cerball, perhaps from cerb (“keen, cunning”).

Proper noun

Cearbhall m (genitive Cearbhaill)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Carroll or Charles

Declension

Declension of Cearbhall (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative Cearbhall vocative a Chearbhaill genitive Cearbhaill dative Cearbhall forms with the definite article case singular nominative an Cearbhall genitive an Chearbhaill dative leis an gCearbhall don Chearbhall

Derived terms

• Cearbhallán (diminutive)
• Ó Cearbhaill (“O'Carroll”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cearbhall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Cearbhall	Chearbhall	gCearbhall

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