drugallach
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Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
drugallach (genitive singular masculine drugallaigh, genitive singular feminine drugallaí, plural drugallacha, comparative drugallaí)
- Alternative form of drogallach (“reluctant, unwilling; chary; lazy”)
Declension[edit]
Declension of drugallach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | drugallach | dhrugallach | drugallacha; dhrugallacha² | |
| Vocative | dhrugallaigh | drugallacha | ||
| Genitive | drugallaí | drugallacha | drugallach | |
| Dative | drugallach; dhrugallach¹ |
dhrugallach; dhrugallaigh (archaic) |
drugallacha; dhrugallacha² | |
| Comparative | níos drugallaí | |||
| Superlative | is drugallaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| drugallach | dhrugallach | ndrugallach |
| 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) “drugall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN