cairéal

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish cairél (“quarry”), apparently based on English quarry.

Noun

cairéal m (genitive singular cairéil, nominative plural cairéil)

  1. (mining) quarry

Declension

Declension of cairéal (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cairéal cairéil
vocative a chairéil a chairéala
genitive cairéil cairéal
dative cairéal cairéil
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cairéal na cairéil
genitive an chairéil na gcairéal
dative leis an gcairéal
don chairéal 		leis na cairéil

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cairéal
radical lenition eclipsis
cairéal chairéal gcairéal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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