ceannbhalla

Irish

Etymology

ceann (“head”) +‎ balla (“wall”), a calque of English headwall.

Noun

ceannbhalla m (genitive singular ceannbhalla, nominative plural ceannbhallaí)

  1. (geography, geology, civil engineering) headwall
  2. (geology, mining) hanging wall

Declension

Declension of ceannbhalla (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí
vocative a cheannbhalla a cheannbhallaí
genitive ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí
dative ceannbhalla ceannbhallaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ceannbhalla na ceannbhallaí
genitive an cheannbhalla na gceannbhallaí
dative leis an gceannbhalla
don cheannbhalla 		leis na ceannbhallaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of ceannbhalla
radical lenition eclipsis
ceannbhalla cheannbhalla gceannbhalla

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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