carbónúil

Irish

Etymology

From carbón (“carbon”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

carbónúil (genitive singular masculine carbónúil, genitive singular feminine carbónúla, plural carbónúla, comparative carbónúla)

1. carbonaceous

Declension

Declension of carbónúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	carbónúil	charbónúil	carbónúla; charbónúla2
vocative	charbónúil		carbónúla
genitive		carbónúla	carbónúla	carbónúil
dative	carbónúil; charbónúil1	charbónúil	carbónúla; charbónúla2
Comparative	níos carbónúla
Superlative	is carbónúla

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 carbónúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carbónúil	charbónúil	gcarbónúil

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) “carbónúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carbónúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025