uachtar

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See also: úachtar

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úachtar,^[1] óchtar (whence also Scottish Gaelic uachdar and Manx eaghtyr), from Proto-Celtic *ouxsterom, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewps- (“high”). Akin to Irish and Scottish Gaelic uasal, Welsh uchel and uthr, Breton uhel. Cognate to Ancient Greek ὕψος (húpsos, “height”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈuəxt̪ˠəɾˠ/^[2]

Noun

uachtar m (genitive singular uachtair, nominative plural uachtair)

top, upper part
surface (of the water, from the point of view of someone or something underwater)
cream (milk)
(astrology) ascendant
(shoemaking) upper (part of a shoe above the sole)

Declension

Declension of uachtar (first declension)

bare forms
case	singular	plural
nominative	uachtar	uachtair
vocative	a uachtair	a uachtara
genitive	uachtair	uachtar
dative	uachtar	uachtair

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-uachtar	na huachtair
genitive	an uachtair	na n-uachtar
dative	leis an uachtar don uachtar	leis na huachtair

Synonyms

(top, upper part): barr
(surface of the water): barr, craiceann

Antonyms

íochtar

Derived terms

béal uachtair (“upper lip”)
cáis uachtair (“cream cheese”)
cleith uachtair (“gaff (of sail)”)
crúiscín uachtair (“cream-jug”)
rigín uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
uachtar aghaidhe lae (“day cream”)
uachtar bearrtha (“shaving cream”)
uachtar coipthe (“whipped cream”)
uachtar doirte (“pouring cream”)
uachtar dúbailte (“double cream”)
uachtar fuar (“cold cream”)
uachtar géar (“sour cream”)
uachtar glantach (“cleansing cream”)
uachtar gréine (“suncream”)
uachtar ime (“buttercream”)
uachtar inchoipthe (“whipping cream”)
uachtar reoite (“ice cream”)
uachtar sailéid (“salad cream”)
uachtar singil (“single cream”)
uachtar téachta (“clotted cream”)
uachtar uiscí (“aqueous cream”)
uachtarach (“upper, top; higher, superior”)
uachtarán (“president; headmaster”)
uachtarlann (“dairy, creamery”)
ualach uachtair (“top gear, top-hamper”)
uiscí uachtair (“head-water(s)”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of *uachtar*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
uachtar	n-uachtar	huachtar	t-uachtar

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

References

^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 úachtar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 339, page 117

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “uachtar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “uachtar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
“uachtar”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025

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