gáibéal

Irish

Alternative forms

  • gaibhéal

Etymology

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Noun

gáibéal m (genitive singular gáibéil, nominative plural gáibéil)

  1. gap, opening
  2. chasm
    Synonyms: anscoilt, duibheagán

Declension

Declension of gáibéal (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative gáibéal gáibéil
vocative a gháibéil a gháibéala
genitive gáibéil gáibéal
dative gáibéal gáibéil
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an gáibéal na gáibéil
genitive an gháibéil na ngáibéal
dative leis an ngáibéal
don gháibéal
leis na gáibéil

Mutation

Mutated forms of gáibéal
radical lenition eclipsis
gáibéal gháibéal ngáibéal

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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