orlach

See also: orłach and órlach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ordlach, from ordu (“thumb”).

Pronunciation

Noun

orlach m (genitive singular orlaigh, nominative plural orlaí)

  1. inch
  2. bit, fragment

Declension

Declension of orlach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative orlach orlaí
vocative a orlaigh a orlaí
genitive orlaigh orlaí
dative orlach orlaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an t-orlach na horlaí
genitive an orlaigh na n-orlaí
dative leis an orlach
don orlach 		leis na horlaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of orlach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
orlach n-orlach horlach t-orlach

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

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