rocach

Irish

Etymology

From roc (“wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

rocach (genitive singular masculine rocaigh, genitive singular feminine rocaí, plural rocacha, comparative rocaí)

1. wrinkled, creased

   Synonym: roctha

2. corrugated

   Synonyms: feacach, iomaireach, roctha

3. (geology) rugose

Declension

Declension of rocach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	rocach	rocach	rocacha
Vocative	rocaigh		rocacha
Genitive		rocaí	rocacha	rocach
Dative	rocach	rocach; rocaigh (archaic)	rocacha
Comparative	níos rocaí
Superlative	is rocaí

Related terms

• rocacht f (“rugosity”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “rocach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “rocach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rocach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024