duilleach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf; leaves, foliage”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲa(x)/

Adjective

duilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)

  1. leafy
    Synonyms: duilleogach, duilliúrach, faoi dhuilliúr
  2. leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned

Declension

Declension of duilleach
Positive singular plural
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

Mutation

Mutated forms of duilleach
radical lenition eclipsis
duilleach dhuilleach nduilleach

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɯʎəx/

Adjective

duilleach (genitive singular masculine duillich)

  1. synonym of duilleagach (“leafy”)
  2. sheathed

Noun

duilleach m (genitive singular duillich, plural duillich)

  1. foliage, leaves
  2. withered leaves

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of duilleach
radical lenition
duilleach dhuilleach

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

Further reading

  • 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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