earballach
Irish
Etymology
From earball (“tail”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
earballach (genitive singular masculine earballaigh, genitive singular feminine earballaí, plural earballacha, not comparable)
- Alternative form of eireaballach (“tailed; caudal”)
Declension
Declension of earballach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | earballach | earballach | earballacha | |
Vocative | earballaigh | earballacha | ||
Genitive | earballaí | earballacha | earballach | |
Dative | earballach | earballach; earballaigh (archaic) | earballacha | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
Mutation
Irish mutation | |||
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Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
earballach | n-earballach | hearballach | not applicable |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "earball" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.