duilleagach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms
  • duilleabhrach

Etymology

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

Adjective

duilleagach (genitive singular masculine duilleagaich, comparative duilleagaiche)

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

Derived terms
  • eidheann-duilleagach (“ivy-leaved”)
  • geug-dhuilleagach f (“frond”)
  • searbhag dhuilleagach f (“folic acid”)

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

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “duilleagach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “duilleógach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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