Irish
Noun
ucht m (genitive singular uchta, nominative plural uchtanna)
- (anatomy) chest; breast, bosom
- lap
- breast, upper front; (front) strip, face
Declension
Derived terms
Terms derived from ucht
- as ucht (“for the sake of, on account of, on behalf of, in return for”)
- in ucht (“facing, in face of”)
- le hucht (“in front of, before, in anticipation of, for the purpose of”)
- móruchtúil (“stout-hearted, courageous”)
- uchtach (“breastplate; pectoral; chest-protector, plastron; breast of hill, upward slope, rise”)
- uchtach (“pectoral”)
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- uchtaigh (“adopt”, verb)
- uchtán (“load carried between arms and chest, armful; lapful; small upward slope, rise”)
- uchtbhalla, uchtbharr (“parapet”)
- uchtbhorrthóir (“chest-expander”)
- uchtdruilire (“breast-drill”)
- uchtleanbh (“adopted child”)
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- uchtmhac (“adopted son”)
- uchtóg (“armful; small heap; rise (in ground); bump (in road)”)
- uchtphláta (“breastplate”)
- uchtráille (“breastwork”)
- uchtúil (“full-chested; courageous”)
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Mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis |
| ucht
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n-ucht
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hucht
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t-ucht
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- "ucht" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “ucht” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.