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)
- reluctant, unwilling
- Synonyms: aimhleasc, aimhleisciúil, deacair, dochma, iarmhartach, leasc, leisciúil, mífhonnmhar, náir, neamhfhonnmhar, neamhthoilteanach, támáilte
- chary (roimh (“of”))
- 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
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drogallach | dhrogallach | ndrogallach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “drogallach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “drogallach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “drogallach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.