duilleach
التعريفات والمعاني
== Irish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf; leaves, foliage”) + -ach.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲəx/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈd̪ˠɪl̠ʲa(x)/
=== Adjective ===
duilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)
leafy
Synonyms: duilleogach, duilliúrach, faoi dhuilliúr
leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “duilleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “duilleach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“duilleach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026
== Scottish Gaelic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”). By surface analysis, duille (“leaf”) + -ach.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtɯʎəx/
=== Adjective ===
duilleach (genitive singular masculine duillich)
synonym of duilleagach (“leafy”)
sheathed
=== Noun ===
duilleach m (genitive singular duillich, plural duillich)
foliage, leaves
withered leaves
==== Derived terms ====
duilleachan
=== Mutation ===
=== Further reading ===
Edward Dwelly (1911), “duilleach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “duillech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language