leathchapall

Irish

Etymology

From leath- (“half”) +‎ capall (“horse”)

Noun

leathchapall m (genitive singular leathchapaill, nominative plural leathchapaill)

cob (horse having a stout body and short legs)
Synonym: gearrchapall

Declension

Declension of leathchapall

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	leathchapall	leathchapaill
Vocative	a leathchapaill	a leathchapalla
Genitive	leathchapaill	leathchapall
Dative	leathchapall	leathchapaill

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an leathchapall	na leathchapaill
Genitive	an leathchapaill	na leathchapall
Dative	leis an leathchapall don leathchapall	leis na leathchapaill

Further reading

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

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