carbónach

Irish

Etymology

From carbón (“carbon”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /kəɾˠ(ə)ˈbˠoːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠ(ə)bˠoːn̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠ(ə)bˠɔn̪ˠa(h)/

Adjective

carbónach (genitive singular masculine carbónaigh, genitive singular feminine carbónaí, plural carbónacha, not comparable)

1. carbonic

Declension

Declension of carbónach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	carbónach	charbónach	carbónacha; charbónacha2
vocative	charbónaigh		carbónacha
genitive		carbónaí	carbónacha	carbónach
dative	carbónach; charbónach1	charbónach; charbónaigh (archaic)	carbónacha; charbónacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• aigéad carbónach m (“carbonic acid”)
• searbhghás carbónach m (“carbonic acid gas”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carbónach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carbónach	charbónach	gcarbónach

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