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Ultach
Ultach
Irish
Noun
Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaigh, nominative plural Ultaigh)
- native of Ulster
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
Ultach (genitive singular masculine Ultaigh, genitive singular feminine Ultaí, plural Ultacha)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | Ultach | Ultach¹ | Ultacha³ | |
| Vocative | Ultaigh¹ | Ultach¹ | Ultacha | |
| Genitive | Ultaigh¹ | Ultaí (obsolete) Ultaighe |
Ultacha | Ultach |
| Dative | Ultach² | Ultach¹ (archaic) Ultaigh¹ |
Ultacha³ | |
| Comparative | Ultaí (obsolete) Ultaighe |
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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
- bean Ultach f, cailleach Ultach f (“witch”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| Ultach | nUltach | hUltach | tUltach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "Ultach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ul(l)tach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ultach, ulltach (“belonging to the Ulaid; one of the Ulaid; a Ulidian, an Ultonian”).
Noun
Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaich, plural Ultaich)
Adjective
Ultach
- Related to Ulster.
Related terms
- Ulaidh m pl (“Ulster”)
References
- “ul(l)tach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
ultach
ultach
Irish
Noun
ultach m (genitive singular ultaigh, nominative plural ultaigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| ultach | n-ultach | hultach | t-ultach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "ultach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “utlach, ultach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
- ulathach
- ulldach
Etymology
From Old Irish utlach, ultach m (“lapful”), from uth + -lach.
Noun
ultach m (genitive singular ultaich, plural ultaichean)
- armful (burden carried within the fold or grasp of the arms)
- lapful
- load
- (Arran) burden on the back
- bosom
- lap
- (Perthshire) bundle, faggot, or truss, fit to be carried on the back
References
- Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, ISBN 0 901771 92 9
- “utlach, ultach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.