ceannbhalla

Irish

Etymology

ceann (“head”) +‎ balla (“wall”), a calque of English headwall.

Noun

ceannbhalla m (genitive singular ceannbhalla, nominative plural ceannbhallaí)

1. (geography, geology, civil engineering) headwall
2. (geology, mining) hanging wall

Declension

Declension of ceannbhalla (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí vocative a cheannbhalla a cheannbhallaí genitive ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí dative ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ceannbhalla na ceannbhallaí genitive an cheannbhalla na gceannbhallaí dative leis an gceannbhalla don cheannbhalla leis na ceannbhallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannbhalla

radical	lenition	eclipsis
ceannbhalla	cheannbhalla	gceannbhalla

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