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

	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

• -duilleach
• duilleachán
• goile duilleach

 

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.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “duilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “duilleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “duilleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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

• duilleachan

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
duilleach	dhuilleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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