uilleach

Irish

Alternative forms

• uilleanach

Etymology

From Old Irish uilnech, uillech (“having angles”).

Adjective

uilleach (genitive singular masculine uilligh, genitive singular feminine uillí, plural uilleacha, comparative uillí)

1. angled (having angles)
2. angular

   móiminteam uilleach ― angular momentum

Declension

Declension of uilleach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	uilleach	uilleach	uilleacha; uilleacha2
vocative	uilligh		uilleacha
genitive		uillí	uilleacha	uilleach
dative	uilleach; uilleach1	uilleach; uilligh (archaic)	uilleacha; uilleacha2
Comparative	níos uillí
Superlative	is uillí

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

• cathaoir uilleach (“armchair”)
• dronuilleach (“right-angled”, adjective)

Related terms

• uillinn

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “uilnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language