dréimreach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dréimire (“ladder”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]dréimreach (genitive singular masculine dréimrigh, genitive singular feminine dréimrí, plural dréimreacha, comparative dréimrí)
- ladder-like, stepped, gradual
- wavy (of hair)
- ladder-back (of furniture)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dréimreach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | dréimreach | dhréimreach | dréimreacha; dhréimreacha² | |
Vocative | dhréimrigh | dréimreacha | ||
Genitive | dréimrí | dréimreacha | dréimreach | |
Dative | dréimreach; dhréimreach¹ |
dhréimreach; dhréimrigh (archaic) |
dréimreacha; dhréimreacha² | |
Comparative | níos dréimrí | |||
Superlative | is dréimrí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
dréimreach | dhréimreach | ndréimreach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dréimreach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “dréimreach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “dréimreach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024