fuílleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fuidhleach, fuigheallach, fuighilleach, fuighleach, fuíollach
• fuidhiollach, fuighlach, fuighlioch (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuidlech. By surface analysis, fuíoll +‎ -ach.

Noun

fuílleach m (genitive singular fuílligh, nominative plural fuílligh)

1. remainder, remnant, residue, residual, (the) rest
2. surplus, plenty, more than enough
3. scraps, leavings, refuse
4. (arithmetic) remainder (amount left over after repeatedly subtracting the divisor)
5. remnant (remaining fabric)
6. (law) residue (property or effects remaining in an estate)
7. (accounting) balance (difference between credit and debit)
8. (chemistry) residuum (solid material remaining after evaporation)

Declension

Declension of fuílleach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuílleach fuílligh Vocative a fhuílligh a fhuílleacha Genitive fuílligh fuílleach Dative fuílleach fuílligh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fuílleach na fuílligh Genitive an fhuílligh na bhfuílleach Dative leis an bhfuílleach don fhuílleach leis na fuílligh

Derived terms

• d’fhuílleach (“left over”)
• maighnéadas fuílligh (“residual magnetism”)
• fuílleach áir (“survivors of battle”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuílleach	fhuílleach	bhfuílleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuiġleaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 339
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuílleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN