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carbónach
carbónach
Irish
Adjective
carbónach (genitive singular masculine carbónaigh, genitive singular feminine carbónaí, plural carbónacha, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of carbónach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | carbónach | carbónach¹ | carbónacha³ | |
| Vocative | carbónaigh¹ | carbónach¹ | carbónacha | |
| Genitive | carbónaigh¹ | carbónaí (obsolete) carbónaighe |
carbónacha | carbónach |
| Dative | carbónach² | carbónach¹ (archaic) carbónaigh¹ |
carbónacha³ | |
| Comparative | carbónaí (obsolete) carbónaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- aigéad carbónach m (“carbonic acid”)
- searbhghás carbónach m (“carbonic acid gas”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| carbónach | charbónach | gcarbónach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "carbónach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.