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úachtar

úachtar

See also: uachtar

Old Irish

Noun

úachtar n

surface, top
cream

Inflection

Neuter o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative
Vocative
Accusative
Genitive
Dative
Initial mutations of a following adjective: ^H = triggers aspiration ^L = triggers lenition ^N = triggers nasalization

Alternative forms

óchtar (early)

Derived terms

úachtarach ‎(“upper, higher; superior in rank; final, decisive”)
úachtarán m ‎(“chief, leader”)

Descendants

Irish: uachtar
Manx: eaghtyr
Scottish Gaelic: uachdar

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
úachtar	unchanged	n-úachtar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

“1 úachtar” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.