carrbhealach

Irish

Etymology

carr (“car”) +‎ bealach (“way, road”)

Noun

carrbhealach m (genitive singular carrbhealaigh, nominative plural carrbhealaí)

1. carriageway

Declension

Declension of carrbhealach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative carrbhealach carrbhealaí vocative a charrbhealaigh a charrbhealaí genitive carrbhealaigh carrbhealaí dative carrbhealach carrbhealaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an carrbhealach na carrbhealaí genitive an charrbhealaigh na gcarrbhealaí dative leis an gcarrbhealach don charrbhealach leis na carrbhealaí

Derived terms

• carrbhealach dúbailte (“dual carriageway”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of carrbhealach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
carrbhealach	charrbhealach	gcarrbhealach

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

References

• “carriageway”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024