cairéal

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
  • cairéalacht f (“(act of) quarrying”)
  • cairéalaí m (“quarryman”)
  • cairéalaigh (“quarry”, verb)
  • cloch chairéil f (“quarry-stone”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
cairéal chairéal gcairéal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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