drogallach

Irish

Alternative forms

• drugallach

Etymology

From drogall (“aversion, repugnance; unwillingness, reluctance; laziness”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

drogallach (genitive singular masculine drogallaigh, genitive singular feminine drogallaí, plural drogallacha, comparative drogallaí)

1. reluctant, unwilling

   Synonyms: aimhleasc, aimhleisciúil, deacair, dochma, iarmhartach, leasc, leisciúil, mífhonnmhar, náir, neamhfhonnmhar, neamhthoilteanach, támáilte

2. chary (roimh (“of”))
3. lazy

   Synonyms: anábhailleach, leisciúil

Declension

Declension of drogallach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	drogallach	dhrogallach	drogallacha; dhrogallacha2
vocative	dhrogallaigh		drogallacha
genitive		drogallaí	drogallacha	drogallach
dative	drogallach; dhrogallach1	dhrogallach; dhrogallaigh (archaic)	drogallacha; dhrogallacha2
Comparative	níos drogallaí
Superlative	is drogallaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of drogallach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
drogallach	dhrogallach	ndrogallach

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) “drogallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “drogallach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “drogallach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024