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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish Ulaid m pl (“Ulidians, Ulstermen”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Ulaidh m pl (genitive Uladh, dative Ultaibh or Ulaidh)
- Ulster (province of Ireland)
- Synonym: Cúige Uladh
- (literary) Ulstermen
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ulaidh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ulaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ulaidh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Ulaidh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish Ulaid m pl (“Ulidians, Ulstermen”).
Proper noun
Ulaidh m pl
- Ulster (province of Ireland)
Further reading
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “Ulaidh”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “Ulaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language