ingearach

Irish

Etymology

From ingear (“perpendicular”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

ingearach (genitive singular masculine ingearaigh, genitive singular feminine ingearaí, plural ingearacha, not comparable)

  1. perpendicular, vertical, upright; plumb, sheer
  2. (geometry, mathematics, statistics, software engineering) orthogonal

Declension
Declension of ingearach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative ingearach ingearach ingearacha
Vocative ingearaigh ingearacha
Genitive ingearaí ingearacha ingearach
Dative ingearach ingearach;
ingearaigh (archaic)		 ingearacha
Comparative níos ingearaí
Superlative is ingearaí

Synonyms

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
ingearach n-ingearach hingearach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "ingearach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “perpendicular” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “upright” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
  • “vertical” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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