ingearach

Irish

Etymology

From ingear (“perpendicular”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ingearach (genitive singular masculine ingearaigh, genitive singular feminine ingearaí, plural ingearacha, not comparable)

1. perpendicular, vertical, upright; plumb, sheer
2. (geometry, mathematics, statistics, software engineering) orthogonal

Declension

Declension of ingearach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	ingearach	ingearach	ingearacha
Vocative	ingearaigh		ingearacha
Genitive		ingearaí	ingearacha	ingearach
Dative	ingearach	ingearach; ingearaigh (archaic)	ingearacha
Comparative	níos ingearaí
Superlative	is ingearaí

Synonyms

• dronuilleach
• ortagánach

Related terms

• ortagánacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ingearach	n-ingearach	hingearach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ingearach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “perpendicular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “upright”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “vertical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024