duilleach

Irish

Etymology

From duille (“leaf; leaves, foliage”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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

  1. leafy
  2. leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned

Declension
Declension of duilleach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
duilleach dhuilleach nduilleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Noun

duilleach m

  1. foliage

Derived terms
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