rothlach

Irish

Etymology

Ultimately from roth (“wheel”).

Adjective

rothlach (genitive singular masculine rothlaigh, genitive singular feminine rothlaí, plural rothlacha, comparative rothlaí)

1. rotating, rotary, rotational

Inflection

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

• imrothlach (“revolving”, adjective)
• rothaigh (“rotate”, verb)

Further reading

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