orlach

See also: orłach and órlach

Irish

Alternative forms

• órlach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish ordlach, from ordu (“thumb”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈəuɾˠl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈɔːɾˠl̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

orlach m (genitive singular orlaigh, nominative plural orlaí)

1. inch
2. bit, fragment

Declension

Declension of orlach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative orlach orlaí Vocative a orlaigh a orlaí Genitive orlaigh orlaí Dative orlach orlaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an t-orlach na horlaí Genitive an orlaigh na n-orlaí Dative leis an orlach don orlach leis na horlaí

Mutation

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “orlach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 80
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “orlach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “orlach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024