carball

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkaɾˠəbˠəl̪ˠ/

Noun

carball m (genitive singular carbaill, nominative plural carbaill)

  1. palate, hard palate, roof of the mouth
  2. gum (flesh around the teeth)
    Synonym: drandal
  3. jaw
    Synonym: giall
  4. boulder
    Synonym: bollán

Declension
Declension of carball

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative carball carbaill
Vocative a charbaill a charballa
Genitive carbaill carball
Dative carball carbaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an carball na carbaill
Genitive an charbaill na gcarball
Dative leis an gcarball

don charball

 leis na carbaill

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
carball charball gcarball
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • “carball”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “carball”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
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