dréimreach

Irish

Etymology

From dréimire (“ladder”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dréimreach (genitive singular masculine dréimrigh, genitive singular feminine dréimrí, plural dréimreacha, comparative dréimrí)

1. ladder-like, stepped, gradual
2. wavy (of hair)
3. ladder-back (of furniture)

Declension

Declension of dréimreach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	dréimreach	dhréimreach	dréimreacha; dhréimreacha2
vocative	dhréimrigh		dréimreacha
genitive		dréimrí	dréimreacha	dréimreach
dative	dréimreach; dhréimreach1	dhréimreach; dhréimrigh (archaic)	dréimreacha; dhréimreacha2
Comparative	níos dréimrí
Superlative	is dréimrí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dréimreach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
dréimreach	dhréimreach	ndréimreach

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) “dréimreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dréimreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “dréimreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024