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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish ultach, ulltach (“belonging to the Ulaid; one of the Ulaid; a Ulidian, an Ultonian”).
Adjective
Ultach (genitive singular masculine Ultaigh, genitive singular feminine Ultaí, plural Ultacha, not comparable)
- of or from Ulster, Ultonian
Declension
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Singular
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Plural (m/f)
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Positive
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Masculine
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Feminine
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(strong noun)
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(weak noun)
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Nominative
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Ultach
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Ultach
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Ultacha
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Vocative
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Ultaigh
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Ultacha
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Genitive
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Ultaí
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Ultacha
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Ultach
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Dative
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Ultach
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Ultach; Ultaigh (archaic)
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Ultacha
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Comparative
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(not comparable)
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Superlative
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(not comparable)
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Derived terms
Noun
Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaigh, nominative plural Ultaigh)
- native of Ulster, Ultonian, Ulsterman, Ulsterwoman
Declension
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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Ultach
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nUltach
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hUltach
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tUltach
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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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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Ultach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ul(l)tach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Ultach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “Ultach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish ultach, ulltach (“belonging to the Ulaid; one of the Ulaid; a Ulidian, an Ultonian”).
Adjective
Ultach
- related to Ulster
Noun
Ultach m (genitive singular Ultaich, plural Ultaich)
- native of Ulster, Ulsterman
Mutation
Further reading