ingearach

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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

Antonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of ingearach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
ingearach n-ingearach hingearach not applicable

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “ingearach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “perpendicular”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “upright”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “vertical”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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