duilleagach

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish duilleógach. By surface analysis, duilleag (leaf) +‎ -ach.

Adjective[edit]

duilleagach (genitive singular masculine duilleagaich, comparative duilleagaiche)

  1. leafy, abounding in leaves, having foliage
  2. in folds, as a door

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
duilleagach dhuilleagach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “duilleagach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duilleógach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language