rothlach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from roth (“wheel”).
Adjective edit
rothlach (genitive singular masculine rothlaigh, genitive singular feminine rothlaí, plural rothlacha, comparative rothlaí)
Inflection edit
Declension of rothlach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | rothlach | rothlach | rothlacha; rothlacha² | |
| Vocative | rothlaigh | rothlacha | ||
| Genitive | rothlaí | rothlacha | rothlach | |
| Dative | rothlach; rothlach¹ |
rothlach; rothlaigh (archaic) |
rothlacha; rothlacha² | |
| Comparative | níos rothlaí | |||
| Superlative | is rothlaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Related terms edit
- imrothlach (“revolving”, adjective)
- rothaigh (“rotate”, verb)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rothlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN