carballach

Irish

Etymology

From carball +‎ -ach

Adjective

carballach (genitive singular masculine carballaigh, genitive singular feminine carballaí, plural carballacha, not comparable)

1. (phonetics) palatal

Declension

Declension of carballach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	carballach	charballach	carballacha; charballacha2
vocative	charballaigh		carballacha
genitive		carballaí	carballacha	carballach
dative	carballach; charballach1	charballach; charballaigh (archaic)	carballacha; charballacha2
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.

Mutation

Mutated forms of carballach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carballach	charballach	gcarballach

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) “carballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “carballach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024