dréimreach

Irish

Etymology

From dréimire (“ladder”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

dréimreach (genitive singular masculine dréimrigh, genitive singular feminine dréimrí, plural dréimreacha, comparative dréimrí)

  1. ladder-like, stepped, gradual
  2. wavy (of hair)
  3. ladder-back (of furniture)

Declension

Declension of dréimreach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative dréimreach dhréimreach dréimreacha;
dhréimreacha2
vocative dhréimrigh dréimreacha
genitive dréimrí dréimreacha dréimreach
dative dréimreach;
dhréimreach1 		dhréimreach;
dhréimrigh (archaic) 		dréimreacha;
dhréimreacha2
Comparative níos dréimrí
Superlative is dréimrí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of dréimreach
radical lenition eclipsis
dréimreach dhréimreach ndréimreach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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