uacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish udacht, audacht, from Old Irish aidacht, from Latin ēdictum.

Pronunciation

Noun

uacht f (genitive singular uachta, nominative plural uachtanna)

  1. (law) will, testament
    Synonym: tiomna
  2. pledge

Declension

Declension of uacht (third declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative uacht uachtanna
vocative a uacht a uachtanna
genitive uachta uachtanna
dative uacht uachtanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an uacht na huachtanna
genitive na huachta na n-uachtanna
dative leis an uacht
don uacht 		leis na huachtanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of uacht
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
uacht n-uacht huacht not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 6

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