gualach

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See also: gúalach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gúalach, from gúal (“coal”) (compare modern gual).

Noun

gualach m (genitive singular gualaigh)

  1. charcoal
    Synonym: fioghual
  2. (art) charcoal (drawing material)
    Synonym: gualach líníochta
  3. coating of soot (on pot)
    Synonym: gualach pota

Declension

Declension of gualach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative gualach
vocative a ghualaigh
genitive gualaigh
dative gualach
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an gualach
genitive an ghualaigh
dative leis an ngualach
don ghualach

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of gualach
radical lenition eclipsis
gualach ghualach ngualach

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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