carbónúil

Irish

Etymology

From carbón (“carbon”) +‎ -úil.

Adjective

carbónúil (genitive singular masculine carbónúil, genitive singular feminine carbónúla, plural carbónúla, comparative carbónúla)

1. carbonaceous

Declension

Declension of carbónúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	carbónúil	charbónúil	carbónúla; charbónúla²
Vocative	charbónúil		carbónúla
Genitive		carbónúla	carbónúla	carbónúil
Dative	carbónúil; charbónúil¹	charbónúil	carbónúla; charbónúla²
Comparative	níos carbónúla
Superlative	is carbónúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
carbónúil	charbónúil	gcarbónúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “carbónúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “carbónúil”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “carbónúil”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024