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uchtach
uchtach
Irish
Noun
uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)
- breastplate; (ecclesiastical, pharmacy, armour) pectoral; chest-protector, plastron
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 2
From Old Irish uchtach (“elevation, hillock; a hill, height or steep, the front of a hill; the breast of a mountain, an acclivity”), from ucht (“breast, bosom; lap”).
Noun
uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh, nominative plural uchtaigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Etymology 3
Noun
uchtach m (genitive singular uchtaigh)
Declension
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- splanc uchtaigh f (“spark of courage”)
Etymology 4
From ucht (“chest; breast, bosom”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)
Adjective
uchtach (genitive singular masculine uchtaigh, genitive singular feminine uchtaí, plural uchtacha)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | uchtach | uchtach¹ | uchtacha³ | |
| Vocative | uchtaigh¹ | uchtach¹ | uchtacha | |
| Genitive | uchtaigh¹ | uchtaí (obsolete) uchtaighe |
uchtacha | uchtach |
| Dative | uchtach² | uchtach¹ (archaic) uchtaigh¹ |
uchtacha³ | |
| Comparative | uchtaí (obsolete) uchtaighe |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | |||
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| Radical | Eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
| uchtach | n-uchtach | huchtach | t-uchtach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- "uchtach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 uchtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
- “2 uchtach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.