From Middle Irish fuidlech.[2] By surface analysis, fuíoll + -ach.
fuílleach m (genitive singular fuílligh, nominative plural fuílligh)
- remainder, remnant, residue, residual, (the) rest
- surplus, plenty, more than enough
- scraps, leavings, refuse
- (arithmetic) remainder (amount left over after repeatedly subtracting the divisor)
- remnant (remaining fabric)
- (law) residue (property or effects remaining in an estate)
- (accounting) balance (difference between credit and debit)
- (chemistry) residuum (solid material remaining after evaporation)
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
- ^ “fuílleach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuidlech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language