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umhal
umhal
See also: ùmhal
Irish
Adjective
umhal (genitive singular masculine umhail, genitive singular feminine umhaile, plural umhla, comparative umhaile)
Declension
Declension of umhal
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | umhal | umhal¹ | umhla³ | |
| Vocative | umhail¹ | umhal¹ | umhla | |
| Genitive | umhail¹ | umhaile | umhla | umhal |
| Dative | umhal² | umhal¹; (archaic) umhail¹ |
umhla³ | |
| Comparative | umhaile | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
Terms derived from umhal
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Related terms
- umhlaigh (“humble; bow, bend head or knee; submit, obey; stoop”, verb)
- umhlaíocht f (“humility; submission, obedience; dutifulness, respect”)
- umhlóid f (“humility, submission; lowly service; attendance, ministration; suppleness, pliancy, pliability; exercising, exercise”)
Noun
umhal m (genitive singular umhail, nominative plural umhail)
Declension
Declension of umhal
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| umhal | n-umhal | humhal | t-umhal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "umhal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.