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Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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duilleagach (genitive singular masculine duilleagaich, comparative duilleagaiche)

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

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutation of duilleagach
radical lenition
duilleagach dhuilleagach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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  • 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