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Etymology

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From Old Irish duillech (leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped). By surface analysis, duille (leaf; leaves, foliage) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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duilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)

  1. leafy
    Synonyms: duilleogach, duilliúrach, faoi dhuilliúr
  2. leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duilleach dhuilleach nduilleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Old Irish duillech (leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped). By surface analysis, duille (leaf) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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duilleach (genitive singular masculine duillich)

  1. Synonym of duilleagach (leafy)
  2. sheathed

Noun

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duilleach m (genitive singular duillich, plural duillich)

  1. foliage, leaves
  2. withered leaves

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
duilleach dhuilleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “duilleach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language