carball

Irish

Alternative forms

• carbad

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

• carballach
• carballán

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