rocach

Irish

Etymology

From roc (“wrinkle, ruck, crease, pucker”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

rocach (genitive singular masculine rocaigh, genitive singular feminine rocaí, plural rocacha, comparative rocaí)

1. wrinkled, creased

   Synonym: roctha

2. corrugated

   Synonyms: feacach, iomaireach, roctha

3. (geology) rugose

Declension

Declension of rocach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	rocach	rocach	rocacha
vocative	rocaigh		rocacha
genitive		rocaí	rocacha	rocach
dative	rocach	rocach; rocaigh (archaic)	rocacha
Comparative	níos rocaí
Superlative	is rocaí

Related terms

• rocacht f (“rugosity”)

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “rocach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “rocach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “rocach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025