Cearbhall

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Cerball, perhaps from cerb (“keen, cunning”).

Proper noun

Cearbhall m (genitive Cearbhaill)

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Carroll or Charles

Declension

Declension of Cearbhall (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative Cearbhall
vocative a Chearbhaill
genitive Cearbhaill
dative Cearbhall
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an Cearbhall
genitive an Chearbhaill
dative leis an gCearbhall
don Chearbhall

Derived terms

  • Cearbhallán (diminutive)
  • Ó Cearbhaill (“O'Carroll”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of Cearbhall
radical lenition eclipsis
Cearbhall Chearbhall gCearbhall

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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