cuailleach

Irish

Etymology

From cuaille (“pale”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cuailleach (genitive singular masculine cuailligh, genitive singular feminine cuaillí, plural cuailleacha, not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) impaled

Declension

Declension of cuailleach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative cuailleach chuailleach cuailleacha;
chuailleacha2
vocative chuailligh cuailleacha
genitive cuaillí cuailleacha cuailleach
dative cuailleach;
chuailleach1 		chuailleach;
chuailligh (archaic) 		cuailleacha;
chuailleacha2
Comparative níos cuaillí
Superlative is cuaillí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of cuailleach
radical lenition eclipsis
cuailleach chuailleach gcuailleach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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