uilleach
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish uilnech, uillech (“having angles”).
Adjective
[edit]uilleach (genitive singular masculine uilligh, genitive singular feminine uillí, plural uilleacha, comparative uillí)
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]- cathaoir uilleach (“armchair”)
- dronuilleach (“right-angled”, adjective)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- 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