gualach

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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

• dóiteoir gualaigh (“charcoal-burner”)

Related terms

• gualaigh (“char”, verb)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gualach	ghualach	ngualach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gualach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gúalach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “gualach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gualach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.