duilleagach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

  • duilleabhrach

Etymology

From Middle Irish duilleógach. By surface analysis, duilleag (“leaf”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

duilleagach (genitive singular masculine duilleagaich, comparative duilleagaiche)

  1. leafy, abounding in leaves, having foliage
  2. in folds, as a door

Derived terms

  • eidheann-duilleagach (“ivy-leaved”)
  • geug-dhuilleagach f (“frond”)
  • searbhag dhuilleagach f (“folic acid”)

Mutation

Mutation of duilleagach
radical lenition
duilleagach dhuilleagach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “duilleagach”, 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), “duilleógach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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