carball

Irish

Alternative forms

• carbad

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaɾˠəbˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

carball m (genitive singular carbaill, nominative plural carbaill)

1. palate, hard palate, roof of the mouth
2. gum (flesh around the teeth)

   Synonym: drandal

3. jaw

   Synonym: giall

4. boulder

   Synonym: bollán

Declension

Declension of carball (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carball carbaill vocative a charbaill a charballa genitive carbaill carball dative carball carbaill forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an carball na carbaill genitive an charbaill na gcarball dative leis an gcarball don charball leis na carbaill

Derived terms

• carballach
• carballán

Mutation

Mutated forms of carball

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carball	charball	gcarball

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

Further reading

• “carball”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carball”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society