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duilleach
duilleach
Irish
Adjective
duilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)
Declension
Declension of duilleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | duilleach | duilleach¹ | duilleacha³ | |
| Vocative | duilligh¹ | duilleach¹ | duilleacha | |
| Genitive | duilligh¹ | duillí (obsolete) duillighe |
duilleacha | duilleach |
| Dative | duilleach² | duilleach¹ (archaic) duilligh¹ |
duilleacha³ | |
| Comparative | duillí (obsolete) duillighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- duilleachán m (“leaflet”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| duilleach | dhuilleach | nduilleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "duilleach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.