ingearach

Irish

Etymology

From ingear (“perpendicular”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ingearach (genitive singular masculine ingearaigh, genitive singular feminine ingearaí, plural ingearacha, not comparable)

  1. perpendicular, vertical, upright; plumb, sheer
  2. (geometry, mathematics, statistics, software engineering) orthogonal

Declension

Declension of ingearach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative ingearach ingearach ingearacha
vocative ingearaigh ingearacha
genitive ingearaí ingearacha ingearach
dative ingearach ingearach;
ingearaigh (archaic) 		ingearacha
Comparative níos ingearaí
Superlative is ingearaí

Synonyms

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ingearach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ingearach n-ingearach hingearach not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ingearach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “perpendicular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “upright”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “vertical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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