gualach

See also: gúalach

Irish

Etymology

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

Noun

gualach m (genitive singular gualaigh)

1. charcoal
2. coating of soot (on pot)

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

Synonyms

• fioghual

Derived terms

• gualach líníochta (“charcoal”) (for art purposes)

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gualach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gúalach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language