dronuilleach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From dron (“right, straight”) + uilleach (“angular”) (from uillinn (“angle”) + -ach). Calque of Medieval Latin orthogōnālis.
Adjective
[edit]dronuilleach (genitive singular masculine dronuilligh, genitive singular feminine dronuillí, plural dronuilleacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of dronuilleach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | dronuilleach | dhronuilleach | dronuilleacha; dhronuilleacha² | |
| Vocative | dhronuilligh | dronuilleacha | ||
| Genitive | dronuillí | dronuilleacha | dronuilleach | |
| Dative | dronuilleach; dhronuilleach¹ |
dhronuilleach; dhronuilligh (archaic) |
dronuilleacha; dhronuilleacha² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| dronuilleach | dhronuilleach | ndronuilleach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “dronuilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN