duilleagach
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- duilleabhrach
Etymology
From Middle Irish duilleógach; synchronically, duilleag (“leaf”) + -ach.
Adjective
duilleagach (genitive singular masculine duilleagaich, comparative duilleagaiche)
- leafy, abounding in leaves, having foliage
- in folds, as a door
Derived terms
- eidheann-duilleagach (“ivy-leaved”)
- geug-dhuilleagach f (“frond”)
- searbhag dhuilleagach f (“folic acid”)
Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
duilleagach | dhuilleagach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “duilleagach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duilleógach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language