gáibéal

Irish

Alternative forms

• gaibhéal

Etymology

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Noun

gáibéal m (genitive singular gáibéil, nominative plural gáibéil)

1. gap, opening
2. chasm

   Synonyms: anscoilt, duibheagán

Declension

Declension of gáibéal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative gáibéal gáibéil vocative a gháibéil a gháibéala genitive gáibéil gáibéal dative gáibéal gáibéil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an gáibéal na gáibéil genitive an gháibéil na ngáibéal dative leis an ngáibéal don gháibéal leis na gáibéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of gáibéal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
gáibéal	gháibéal	ngáibéal

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