dronuillinn

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dron (“right”) +‎ uillinn (“angle”).

Noun

dronuillinn f (genitive singular dronuillinne, nominative plural dronuillinneacha)

  1. (geometry) right angle

Declension

Declension of dronuillinn (second declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative dronuillinn dronuillinneacha
vocative a dhronuillinn a dhronuillinneacha
genitive dronuillinne dronuillinneacha
dative dronuillinn dronuillinneacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an dronuillinn na dronuillinneacha
genitive na dronuillinne na ndronuillinneacha
dative leis an dronuillinn
don dronuillinn 		leis na dronuillinneacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of dronuillinn
radical lenition eclipsis
dronuillinn dhronuillinn ndronuillinn

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

References

  1. ^ “dronuillinn”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy

Further reading

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