duilleach

Irish

Etymology

From duille (“leaf; leaves, foliage”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

duilleach (genitive singular masculine duilligh, genitive singular feminine duillí, plural duilleacha, comparative duillí)

leafy
leaf-shaped, leaf-patterned

Declension

Declension of duilleach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	duilleach	dhuilleach	duilleacha; dhuilleacha²
Vocative	dhuilligh	dhuilleach	duilleacha
Genitive	dhuilligh	duillí	duilleacha	duilleach
Dative	duilleach; dhuilleach¹	dhuilleach; dhuilligh (archaic)	duilleacha; dhuilleacha²
Comparative	níos duillí
Superlative	is duillí

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

duilleachán m (“leaflet”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
duilleach	dhuilleach	nduilleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"duilleach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish duillech (“leafy, abounding in foliage; leaf-shaped”); synchronically, duille (“leaf”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

duilleach m

foliage

Derived terms

duilleachan

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