uilleach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish uilnech, uillech (“having angles”).
Adjective edit
uilleach (genitive singular masculine uilligh, genitive singular feminine uillí, plural uilleacha, comparative uillí)
Declension edit
Declension of uilleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uilleach | uilleach | uilleacha; uilleacha² | |
| Vocative | uilligh | uilleacha | ||
| Genitive | uillí | uilleacha | uilleach | |
| Dative | uilleach; uilleach¹ |
uilleach; uilligh (archaic) |
uilleacha; uilleacha² | |
| Comparative | níos uillí | |||
| Superlative | is uillí | |||
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 edit
- cathaoir uilleach (“armchair”)
- dronuilleach (“right-angled”, adjective)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uilnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language