ualach

Irish

Uncertain. Perhaps from the rare and obsolete uala (“shoulder”), apparently a byform of guala (now gualainn).

ualach m (genitive singular ualaigh, nominative plural ualaí)

a burden, load
- 2007 February 8, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, “Sláinte”, in Irish Aid‎, retrieved 2012-10-02:
  Is ar na bochtáin, go háirithe i dtíortha ina bhfuil daoine ar ioncam íseal, atá an t-ualach is mó maidir le breoiteacht agus le drochshláinte, agus is acusan atá an rochtain is lú ar sheirbhísí cúraim shláinte agus is lú atá in ann déileáil le tionchar an tinnis agus teacht as.
  The poor, and especially those in low-income countries, bear the highest burden of sickness and ill health, have the least access to health care services, and are least equipped to cope with and recover from the impact of illness. (original from which above was translated)

Declension of ualach (first declension)

forms with the definite article
case	singular	plural
nominative	an t-ualach	na hualaí
genitive	an ualaigh	na n-ualaí
dative	leis an ualach don ualach	leis na hualaí

Mutated forms of *ualach*
radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
ualach	n-ualach	hualach	t-ualach

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