duilleach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf; leaves, foliage”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editduilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)
- leafy
- Synonyms: duilleogach, duilliúrach, faoi dhuilliúr
- leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned
Declension
editDeclension of duilleach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | duilleach | dhuilleach | duilleacha; dhuilleacha² | |
Vocative | dhuilligh | duilleacha | ||
Genitive | duillí | duilleacha | duilleach | |
Dative | duilleach; dhuilleach¹ |
dhuilleach; dhuilligh (archaic) |
duilleacha; dhuilleacha² | |
Comparative | níos duillí | |||
Superlative | is duillí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duilleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “duilleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editduilleach (genitive singular masculine duillich)
- Synonym of duilleagach (“leafy”)
- sheathed
Noun
editduilleach m (genitive singular duillich, plural duillich)
Derived terms
editMutation
editScottish 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
edit- 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
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- Irish lemmas
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- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic terms with IPA pronunciation
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