orlach

See also: orłach and órlach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ordlach, from ordu (“thumb”).

Pronunciation

Noun

orlach m (genitive singular orlaigh, nominative plural orlaí)

  1. inch
  2. bit, fragment

Declension
Declension of orlach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative orlach orlaí
Vocative a orlaigh a orlaí
Genitive orlaigh orlaí
Dative orlach orlaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an t-orlach na horlaí
Genitive an orlaigh na n-orlaí
Dative leis an orlach

don orlach

 leis na horlaí

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

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