clochghual

Irish

Etymology

From cloch +‎ gual.

Noun

clochghual m (genitive singular clochghuail, nominative plural clochghuail)

1. (geology) anthracite, hard coal

Declension

Declension of clochghual (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative clochghual clochghuail vocative a chlochghuail a chlochghuala genitive clochghuail clochghual dative clochghual clochghuail forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an clochghual na clochghuail genitive an chlochghuail na gclochghual dative leis an gclochghual don chlochghual leis na clochghuail

Mutation

Mutated forms of clochghual

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clochghual	chlochghual	gclochghual

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) “clochghual”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “clochghual”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm