compal

Irish

Alternative forms

• compall

Etymology

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Noun

compal m (genitive singular compail, nominative plural compail)

1. roundabout, traffic circle

   Synonym: timpeallán

Declension

Declension of compal (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative compal compail vocative a chompail a chompala genitive compail compal dative compal compail forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an compal na compail genitive an chompail na gcompal dative leis an gcompal don chompal leis na compail

Mutation

Mutated forms of compal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
compal	chompal	gcompal

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “compal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN