crosbhealach

Irish

Etymology

From cros- (“cross-”) +‎ bealach (“road”).

Noun

crosbhealach m (genitive singular crosbhealaigh, nominative plural crosbhealaí)

1. crossroad, intersection

   Synonyms: crosaire, crosbhóthar

Declension

Declension of crosbhealach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative crosbhealach crosbhealaí vocative a chrosbhealaigh a chrosbhealaí genitive crosbhealaigh crosbhealaí dative crosbhealach crosbhealaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an crosbhealach na crosbhealaí genitive an chrosbhealaigh na gcrosbhealaí dative leis an gcrosbhealach don chrosbhealach leis na crosbhealaí

Related terms

• crosaire

Mutation

Mutated forms of crosbhealach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
crosbhealach	chrosbhealach	gcrosbhealach

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) “crosbhealach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “crosbhealach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “crosbhealach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024