eireaballach

Irish

Alternative forms

• earballach

Etymology

From eireaball (“tail”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

eireaballach (genitive singular masculine eireaballaigh, genitive singular feminine eireaballaí, plural eireaballacha, not comparable)

1. tailed
2. (zoology) caudal

Declension

Declension of eireaballach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	eireaballach	eireaballach	eireaballacha
vocative	eireaballaigh		eireaballacha
genitive		eireaballaí	eireaballacha	eireaballach
dative	eireaballach	eireaballach; eireaballaigh (archaic)	eireaballacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of eireaballach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
eireaballach	n-eireaballach	heireaballach	not applicable

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) “eireaballach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “eireaballach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “eireaballach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025