allbhéalach

Irish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare béal (“mouth”).

Adjective

allbhéalach (genitive singular masculine allbhéalaigh, genitive singular feminine allbhéalaí, plural allbhéalacha, comparative allbhéalaí)

1. (zoology) aboral

Declension

Declension of allbhéalach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	allbhéalach	allbhéalach	allbhéalacha
vocative	allbhéalaigh		allbhéalacha
genitive		allbhéalaí	allbhéalacha	allbhéalach
dative	allbhéalach	allbhéalach; allbhéalaigh (archaic)	allbhéalacha
Comparative	níos allbhéalaí
Superlative	is allbhéalaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of allbhéalach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
allbhéalach	n-allbhéalach	hallbhéalach	not applicable

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) “allbhéalach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN