arduallach

Irish

Etymology

From ard- +‎ uallach (“giddy, light-headed, scatter-brained; skittish, excitable; vain, proud”).

Adjective

arduallach (genitive singular masculine arduallaigh, genitive singular feminine arduallaí, plural arduallacha, comparative arduallaí)

1. haughty
2. vain, flighty

Declension

Declension of arduallach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	arduallach	arduallach	arduallacha
vocative	arduallaigh		arduallacha
genitive		arduallaí	arduallacha	arduallach
dative	arduallach	arduallach; arduallaigh (archaic)	arduallacha
Comparative	níos arduallaí
Superlative	is arduallaí

Related terms

• uaill (“light-headed, scatter-brained, person; vain person”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of arduallach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
arduallach	n-arduallach	harduallach	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) “arduallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN